IP Ownership · Clean Energy
Who owns the clean energy patents?
Solar cells, wind turbine designs, battery technology, and the IP behind the energy transition.
Patents indexed
45
Total citations
1,623
Top-3 hold
56% of citations
Assignees ranked
10
Ranked by total forward citations — 10 companies
How the First Nuclear Reactor Works
US 2708656 · 232 citations
28%
of citations
How Nichia Created the First Practical Blue LED Electrodes
US 5563422 · 251 citations
15%
of citations
How Amorphous Silicon Changed Solar Power
US 4064521 · 197 citations
12%
of citations
How Ernest Lawrence Invented the Cyclotron Particle Accelerator
US 1948384 · 114 citations
7%
of citations
Early Lithium-Ion Battery Design Using Chalcogenides
US 4009052 · 93 citations
6%
of citations
Boosting Fuel Cell Power for Vehicles Using Oxygen Injection
US 5346778 · 90 citations
6%
of citations
How William Coolidge Invented the Modern X-Ray Tube
US 1203495 · 32 citations
4%
of citations
How the First Practical Silicon Solar Cell Works
US 2780765 · 59 citations
4%
of citations
How Eugene Houdry Invented the Modern Catalytic Converter
US 2742437 · 55 citations
3%
of citations
Gordon Gould's Early Concepts for High-Frequency Radiation Devices
US 3388314 · 53 citations
3%
of citations
Rankings by total forward citations within PatentBrief's enriched patent corpus for the Clean Energy technology domain. Forward citations are the industry standard proxy for patent influence and commercial importance. Coverage reflects patents currently indexed; the full USPTO corpus is larger.