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Solar cell wafer

Granted 7 Oct 2025 · no office action yet

Assignee: Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd.

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Inventors: Yafu Lin · Examiner: Derrick E Holland · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/912,331
filed 18 Sep 2023
Publication
Not published
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US D1096604
granted 7 Oct 2025

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a solar cell wafer;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof, the bottom plan view being a mirror image of the top plan view;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof, the left side elevational view being a mirror image of the right side elevational view;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of callout box 5 from FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of callout box 6 from FIG. 2 .

The evenly spaced broken lines shown represent the portions of the solar cell wafer that form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/102

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USUS-D978781-SS121 Feb 202331 Jan 2020grantedSolar cell wafer
USUS-D1002523-SS124 Oct 202315 Feb 2023grantedSolar cell wafer
USthis patentUS-D1096604-SS17 Oct 202518 Sep 2023grantedSolar cell wafer
JPJP-1691134-SS26 Jul 202127 Jul 2020grantedno title held
JPJP-1713759-SS27 Apr 202227 Jul 2020grantedソーラーセルja
JPJP-1713760-SS27 Apr 202227 Jul 2020grantedソーラーセルja
JPJP-1713761-SS27 Apr 202227 Jul 2020grantedソーラーセルja
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JPJP-1713840-SS27 Apr 202227 Jul 2020grantedソーラーセルja
JPJP-1713841-SS27 Apr 202227 Jul 2020grantedソーラーセルja
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