SUNEDISON, INC. Active Patents
37 granted patents the USPTO still lists as patented, newest filing first, as the USPTO Open Data Portal records them; the company is the first-named applicant. The application number opens the full record at Patent Center.
- 2017-01-04: Application 15398407; Invention SYSTEM FOR FORMING AN INGOT INCLUDING CRUCIBLE AND CONDITIONING MEMBERS; Applicant SunEdison, Inc.; Status Patented Case.
- 2016-02-25: Application 15053870; Invention FEED SYSTEM FOR CRYSTAL PULLING SYSTEMS; Applicant SunEdison, Inc.; Status Patented Case.
- 2015-12-30: Application 14983954; Invention SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING DIAMOND COATED WIRES; Applicant SunEdison, Inc.; Status Patented Case.
- 2015-10-08: Application 14878325; Invention METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SCHEDULE-BASED AND ALERT-BASED CLEANING OF PV SYSTEMS; Applicant SunEdison, Inc.; Status Patented Case.
| Filed | Application | Invention | Applicant | Status | Granted | Patent | Published as | Inventor name | Inventor country | Examiner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-04 | 15398407 | SYSTEM FOR FORMING AN INGOT INCLUDING CRUCIBLE AND CONDITIONING MEMBERS | SunEdison, Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-03-05 | 10221500 | US20180187329A1 | Salvador Zepeda Richard J. Phillips Christopher Vaughn Luers Steven Lawrence Kimbel Harold W. Korb John D. Holder Carissima Marie Hudson Hariprasad Sreedharamurthy Stephan Haringer Marco Zardoni | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States Italy Italy | BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A |
| 2016-02-25 | 15053870 | FEED SYSTEM FOR CRYSTAL PULLING SYSTEMS | SunEdison, Inc. | Patented Case | 2021-04-06 | 10968533 | US20170247809A1 | Stephan Haringer Gianni Dell'Amico Giancarlo Zago Renzo Odorizzi Giorgio Agostini Marco Zardoni | Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy | QI, HUA |
| 2015-12-30 | 14983954 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING DIAMOND COATED WIRES | SunEdison, Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-01-23 | 9873159 | US20160184909A1 | Omid Rezvanian Larry Wayne Shive Rituraj Nandan Dale A. Witte Edward Calvin | United States United States United States United States United States | ROSE, ROBERT A |
| 2015-10-08 | 14878325 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SCHEDULE-BASED AND ALERT-BASED CLEANING OF PV SYSTEMS | SunEdison, Inc. | Patented Case | 2020-03-31 | 10607162 | US20160104084A1 | Joseph Philip Andras Boross Stephen James Voss Christopher Andrew Clarke Anastasios Golnas Nagendra Cherukupalli | United States United States United States United States United States United States | KASENGE, CHARLES R |
| 2015-08-31 | 14840514 | METHODS FOR SEPARATING HALOSILANES | SunEdison, Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-04-09 | 10252916 | US20160068399A1 | Sathy Ponnuswamy Nageswara Reddy Kota Satish Bhusarapu Puneet Gupta | United States United States United States Singapore | PATEL, SMITA S |
| 2015-07-17 | 14802729 | METHODS FOR REDUCING THE EROSION RATE OF A CRUCIBLE DURING CRYSTAL PULLING | SunEdison, Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-10-16 | 10100428 | US20170016142A1 | Jihong Chen Tirumani N. Swaminathan | United States United States | BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN |
| 2015-07-17 | 14802712 | METHODS FOR REDUCING DEPOSITS IN INGOT PULLER EXHAUST SYSTEMS | SunEdison, Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-12-04 | 10145023 | US20170016141A1 | Tirumani N. Swaminathan Jihong Chen | United States United States | BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN |
| 2015-06-10 | 14650959 | IMPROVING OPERATION OF FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS BY OPTIMIZING TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS VIA PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL | SunEdison, Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-12-26 | 9850137 | US20150329366A1 | Jia Wei CHEW Baisheng ZOU | United States United States | NGUYEN, NGOC YEN M |
| 2015-05-12 | 14709856 | CLAMPING ASSEMBLY FOR A REACTOR SYSTEM | SunEdison, Inc. | Patented Case | 2020-11-17 | 10837106 | US20160333474A1 | Vivek Tomar Lee William Ferry Puneet Gupta Satish Bhusarapu Richard G. Schrenker | United States United States Singapore United States United States | KENDALL, BENJAMIN R |
| 2015-02-13 | 14622326 | SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING SILANE | SUNEDISON, INC. | Patented Case | 2016-11-08 | 9487406 | US20150151977A1 | Puneet Gupta Henry F. Erk Alexis Grabbe | Singapore United States United States | YOUNG, NATASHA E |
| 2014-12-24 | 14582256 | PRODUCTION OF POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON IN SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSED-LOOP PROCESSES THAT INVOLVE DISPROPORTIONATION OPERATIONS | SunEdison, Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-09-10 | 10407309 | US20150110702A1 | Puneet Gupta Yue Huang Satish Bhusarapu | United States United States United States | NGUYEN, NGOC YEN M |
| 2014-11-20 | 14549145 | PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR PURIFYING SILANE | SunEdison, Inc. | Patented Case | 2015-11-03 | 9174848 | US20150075969A1 | Baisheng Zou Zhihui Gu | United States United States | BAKSHI, PANCHAM |
| 2014-07-25 | 14341584 | WEIR FOR INHIBITING MELT CONTAMINATION | SunEdison, Inc. | Patented Case | 2016-10-25 | 9476141 | US20160024684A1 | Tirumani Swaminathan | United States | SONG, MATTHEW J |
| 2014-07-25 | 14341580 | CRYSTAL GROWING SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING A PASSIVE HEATER | SunEdison, Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-07-23 | 10358740 | US20160024685A1 | Tirumani Swaminathan | United States | SONG, MATTHEW J |
| 2014-07-18 | 14335531 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING SILANE | SunEdison, Inc. | Patented Case | 2015-03-10 | 8974761 | US20140328740A1 | Puneet Gupta Henry F. Erk Alexis Grabbe | United States United States United States | JOHNSON, EDWARD M |
| 2014-05-28 | 14289360 | GROUNDING CLIPS AND TABS FOR MOUNTING COMPONENTS TO SOLAR MODULES | SunEdison, Inc. | Patented Case | 2016-11-08 | 9490743 | US20150349166A1 | Charles Jonathan Reynolds Morgan Davis Smith Brian Gabriel Willkom Christopher Thomas Needham | United States United States United States United States | MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK |
| 2014-03-13 | 14209083 | SEMICONDUCTOR-ON-INSULATOR WAFER MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR REDUCING LIGHT POINT DEFECTS AND SURFACE ROUGHNESS | SunEdison Inc. | Patented Case | 2015-12-01 | 9202711 | US20140273405A1 | Qingmin Liu Jeffrey L. Libbert | United States United States | GEYER, SCOTT B |
| 2014-02-10 | 14176263 | LINER ASSEMBLIES FOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEMS | SunEdison, Inc. | Patented Case | 2019-07-09 | 10344380 | US20140224174A1 | Arash Abedijaberi Shawn George Thomas | United States United States | CROWELL, ANNA M |
| 2013-12-27 | 14142526 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINISTIC AND MULTITHREADED SCRIPT OBJECTS AND SCRIPT ENGINE | SunEdison, Inc. | Patented Case | 2016-10-04 | 9459935 | US20140223440A1 | Benno Orschel | United States | LUU, CUONG V |
| 2013-12-19 | 14133893 | METHOD FOR LOW TEMPERATURE LAYER TRANSFER IN THE PREPARATION OF MULTILAYER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES | SunEdison, Inc. | Patented Case | 2016-03-08 | 9281233 | US20140187020A1 | Jeffrey L. Libbert Michael John Ries | United States United States | SMITH, BRADLEY |
| 2013-12-16 | 14107743 | WEIR FOR INHIBITING MELT FLOW IN A CRUCIBLE | SunEdison, Inc. | Patented Case | 2018-01-09 | 9863063 | US20140174337A1 | Tirumani N. Swaminathan | United States | BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A |
| 2013-11-22 | 14087604 | CRYSTAL GROWING SYSTEMS AND CRUCIBLES FOR ENHANCING HEAT TRANSFER TO A MELT | SunEdison, Inc. | Patented Case | 2017-11-21 | 9822466 | US20150144056A1 | Tirumani N. Swaminathan John David Hilker Salvador Zepeda | United States United States United States | SONG, MATTHEW J |
| 2013-04-26 | 13871205 | PRODUCTION OF POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON IN SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEMS | SunEdison, Inc. | Patented Case | 2016-07-19 | 9394180 | US20130236367A1 | Satish Bhusarapu Yue Huang Puneet Gupta | United States United States United States | SEIFU, LESSANEWORK T |
| 2013-03-15 | 13836018 | METHODS FOR PURIFYING HALOSILANE-CONTAINING STREAMS | MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, INC. | Patented Case | 2018-07-03 | 10011493 | US20130284585A1 | Zhihui Gu Gianluca Pazzaglia Puneet Gupta | United States Italy United States | PILCHER, JONATHAN L |
| 2013-03-14 | 13830514 | GAS DECOMPOSITION REACTOR FEEDBACK CONTROL USING RAMAN SPECTROMETRY | MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, INC. | Patented Case | 2016-03-29 | 9297765 | US20140271372A1 | Alexis Grabbe Pramatha Payra | United States United States | LEUNG, JENNIFER A |
| 2013-03-14 | 13829021 | INJECT INSERT LINER ASSEMBLIES FOR CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING SAME | MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. | Patented Case | 2015-08-25 | 9117670 | US20140273410A1 | Arash Abedijaberi John Allen Pitney Shawn Thomas | United States United States United States | ZERVIGON, RUDY |
| 2013-03-14 | 13828926 | GAS DISTRIBUTION PLATE FOR CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING SAME | MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, INC. | Patented Case | 2016-05-03 | 9328420 | US20140273409A1 | John Allen Pitney Manabu Hamano | United States Japan | ZERVIGON, RUDY |
| 2013-03-14 | 13804585 | CZOCHRALSKI CRUCIBLE FOR CONTROLLING OXYGEN AND RELATED METHODS | MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, INC. | Patented Case | 2018-01-09 | 9863062 | US20140261154A1 | Tirumani N. Swaminathan Salvador Zepeda John David Hilker | United States United States United States | KUNEMUND, ROBERT M |
| 2013-03-13 | 13801105 | SINGLE SIDE POLISHING USING SHAPE MATCHING | MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, INC. | Patented Case | 2015-11-24 | 9193025 | US20140273748A1 | Sumeet S. Bhagavat Khiam How Low Ichiron Yoshimura John Allen Pitney | United States United States Japan United States | ROSE, ROBERT A |
| 2013-03-13 | 13798706 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING DUST IN GRANULAR MATERIAL | MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, INC. | Patented Case | 2014-09-16 | 8833564 | US20140262981A1 | Seok-Min Yun Seong-Su Park Se-Myung Kim Won-Jin Choi Woo-Jin Yoon | Korea, Republic Of Korea, Republic Of Korea, Republic Of Korea, Republic Of Korea, Republic Of | MCCLAIN, GERALD |
| 2012-12-31 | 13731222 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING AN INGOT WITH MOUNTING BLOCK | MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, INC. | Patented Case | 2018-04-24 | 9950402 | US20140183806A1 | Dusan Krulj John Michael Pogany | United States United States | DEONAUTH, NIRVANA |
| 2012-12-21 | 13724050 | Methods For Mounting An Ingot On A Wire Saw | MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, INC. | Patented Case | 2015-10-13 | 9156187 | US20130174829A1 | Sumeet S. Bhagavat Carlo Zavattari Yunbiao Xin Roland R. Vandamme | United States Italy United States United States | ELEY, TIMOTHY V |
| 2012-12-14 | 13715642 | SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING SILANE | MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. | Patented Case | 2015-04-21 | 9011803 | US20130121888A1 | Puneet Gupta Henry F. Erk Alexis Grabbe | Singapore United States United States | YOUNG, NATASHA E |
| 2012-12-12 | 13712592 | Symmetry Based Air Pocket Detection Methods and Systems | MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, INC. | Patented Case | 2016-04-19 | 9317912 | US20130179094A1 | John F. Valley | United States | BUI, BRYAN |
| 2012-10-19 | 13656336 | Using Wavelet Decomposition To Determine the Fluidization Quality In a Fluidized Bed Reactor | MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, INC. | Patented Case | 2016-09-27 | 9452403 | US20140112831A1 | Jia Wei Chew Satish Bhusarapu Keith E. Weatherford | United States United States United States | LAU, TUNG S |
| 2012-09-27 | 13628282 | PRODUCTION OF POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON BY THE THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF SILANE IN A FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR | SunEdison, Inc. | Patented Case | 2015-08-25 | 9114997 | US20130084234A1 | Satish Bhusarapu Puneet Gupta Yue Huang | United States Singapore United States | BOVA, JUSTIN M |
| 2012-09-27 | 13628277 | PRODUCTION OF POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON BY THE THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF SILANE IN A FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR | SunEdison, Inc. | Patented Case | 2015-08-25 | 9114996 | US20130084233A1 | Satish Bhusarapu Puneet Gupta Yue Huang | United States Singapore United States | BOVA, JUSTIN M |