Inventor · Issaquah, WA, US

James E. Avery

22Patents
16h-index
20Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 8, 1977 → Jun 11, 2008

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5217539A III-V solar cells and doping processes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 174 Expired
US5118361A Terrestrial concentrator solar cell module Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 172 Expired
US6232545A Linear circuit designs for solar photovoltaic concentrator and thermophotovoltaic applications using cell and substrate materials with matched coefficients of thermal expansion Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 122 Expired
US7388146B2 Planar solar concentrator power module Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 119 Expired
US5389158A Low bandgap photovoltaic cell with inherent bypass diode Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 105 Expired
US5096505A Panel for solar concentrators and tandem cell units Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 105 Expired
US5248346A Photovoltaic cell and array with inherent bypass diode Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 79 Expired
US7872192B1 Planar solar concentrator power module Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 78 Active
US6303853A Shingle circuits for thermophotovoltaic systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 75 Expired
US4371739A Terminal assembly for solar panels Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 57 Expired
US5091018A Tandem photovoltaic solar cell with III-V diffused junction booster cell Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 55 Expired
US5123968A Tandem photovoltaic solar cell with III-V diffused junction booster cell Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US4116718A Photovoltaic array including light diffuser Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US5651838A Hydrocarbon fired room heater with thermophotovoltaic electric generator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 38 Expired
US5942047A Electric power generator including a thermophotovoltaic cell assembly, a composite ceramic emitter and a flame detection system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US6271461A Antireflection coated refractory metal matched emitters for use in thermophotovoltaic generators Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US4141811A Plasma etching process for the manufacture of solar cells Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US4105471A Solar cell with improved printed contact and method of making the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US4158591A Solar cell manufacture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US4165241A Solar cell with improved printed contact and method of making the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US6177628A Antireflection coated refractory metal matched emitters for use in thermophotovoltaic generators Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US7196263B2 TPV cylindrical generator for home cogeneration using low NOx radiant tube burner Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.