Patents by Inventor Andreas Wade

Andreas Wade has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE RECYCLING
    Publication number: 20110186779
    Abstract: A method for reclaiming a semiconductor material from a glass substrate is disclosed, the method comprises the steps of providing at least one glass substrate having the semiconductor material disposed thereon, reducing the glass substrate having a semiconductor material disposed thereon to a plurality of glass particles having the semiconductor material disposed thereon by introducing a source of energy thereto, separating the semiconductor material from the plurality of glass particles to obtain semiconductor particles, and pyrometall?rgicaHy refining the semiconductor particles and the fine glass particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: John Bohland, Andreas Wade