Textured solar panel
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The evenly spaced broken lines shown in the figures are for the purpose of illustrating portions of the textured solar panel that form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash lines in the figures form a circle and lead line ending in a number that corresponds to the area shown in the figure having that number. The dot-dash lines form no part of the claimed design.
Claims
The ornamental design for a textured solar panel, as shown and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 27, 2021
Date of Patent: Jun 7, 2022
Assignee: SUNPOWER CORPORATION (San Jose, CA)
Inventors: Tamir Lance (Los Gatos, CA), David Okawa (Belmont, CA), Ryan Reagan (Fremont, CA), Brian Wares (Sacramento, CA), Laurence Mackler (Corte Madera, CA), Hikaru Iwasaka (New York, NY), Alexander Keller (Boston, MA)
Primary Examiner: Manpreet S Matharu
Assistant Examiner: Suzanne E Tisdell
Application Number: 29/788,756