Patents by Inventor Stephen J. Marinella

Stephen J. Marinella 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).

  • Thin film solar cell processing and testing method and equipment
    Patent number: 9153503
    Abstract: A method of providing a plurality of classified photovoltaic articles, including the steps of providing a first photovoltaic element that includes a plurality of photovoltaic articles on a continuous flexible substrate, forming a electrically insulating material on the first photovoltaic element at one or more predetermined locations, separating adjacent photovoltaic articles from each other, determining an efficiency of each photovoltaic article by measuring its current-voltage characteristics, and classifying each photovoltaic article according to its efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Marty W. Degroot, Narayan Ramesh, Stephen J. Marinella, Zachary J. Marinella, David J. Perkon, Jeffrey P. Wilkinson
  • THIN FILM SOLAR CELL PROCESSING AND TESTING METHOD AND EQUIPMENT
    Publication number: 20130122616
    Abstract: A method of providing a plurality of classified photovoltaic articles, including the steps of providing a first photo-voltaic element that includes a plurality of photovoltaic articles on a continuous flexible substrate, forming a electrically insulating material on the first photovoltaic element at one or more predetermined locations, separating adjacent photovoltaic articles from each other, determining an efficiency of each photovoltaic article by measuring its current-voltage characteristics, and classifying each photovoltaic article according to its efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Marty W. Degroot, Narayan Ramesh, Stephen J. Marinella, Zachary J. Marinella, David J. Perkon, Jeffrey P. Wilkinson