Patents by Inventor Michel Marriott

Michel Marriott 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).

  • Patent number: 8049521
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a module that can test and analyze various regions of a solar cell device in an automated or manual fashion after one or more steps have been completed in the solar cell formation process. The module used to perform the automated testing and analysis processes can also be adapted to test a partially formed solar cell at various stages of the solar cell formation process within an automated solar cell production line. The automated solar cell production line is generally an arrangement of automated processing modules and automation equipment that is used to form solar cell devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Danny Cam Toan Lu, Michel Marriott, Vicky Svidenko, Dapeng Wang, Michel R. Frei