U.S. patent number D916,651 [Application Number D/668,612] was granted by the patent office on 2021-04-20 for solar panel. This patent grant is currently assigned to SUNPOWER CORPORATION. The grantee listed for this patent is SUNPOWER CORPORATION. Invention is credited to Gilad Almogy, Nathan Beckett, Jean Hummel, Ratson Morad, Itai Suez.
United States Patent | D916,651 |
Morad , et al. | April 20, 2021 |
Inventors: | Morad; Ratson (Palo Alto, CA), Almogy; Gilad (Palo Alto, CA), Suez; Itai (Santa Cruz, CA), Hummel; Jean (San Carlos, CA), Beckett; Nathan (Oakland, CA) | ||||||||||
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Assignee: | SUNPOWER CORPORATION (San Jose,
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Appl. No.: | D/668,612 | ||||||||||
Filed: | October 31, 2018 |
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Current U.S. Class: | D13/102 |
Current International Class: | 1302 |
Field of Search: | ;D13/102,103,118,119,184,199 |
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