Patent Yard Sign in
Expired Canadian patentCanada

Solar cell and method for the manufacture thereof

CA 1090455 A · Owner: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · Inventors: Diepers, Heinrich

CIPO record

Overview

Drawings and full text

Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.

Open the CIPO record

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A solar cell with semiconductor consisting of single crystal semiconductor whiskers which are grown on a substrate surface permitting relatively inexpensive manufacture and high efficiency of the solar cell is disclosed.

Read the whole patent

Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.

Why it's free to use

  • Granted November 25, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 25, 1997.
  • We check Canadian rights only. A patent in its family in another country could still be in force: check its family on Google Patents.
FiledAugust 31, 1977
GrantedNovember 25, 1980
Term endedNovember 25, 1997
Patent numberCA 1090455 A
Classification (IPC)H01L31/04 +2 more

Timeline

Timeline From CIPO dates

1978198019821984198619881990199219941996Application filedAug 31, 1977Patent grantedNov 25, 1980Term endedNov 25, 1997

Sources & verification

Everything on this page comes from the CIPO record linked above. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.