First Solar Inc patents

First Solar Inc holds 332 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents332
Recent patents72
First publicationJan 1, 2015
Latest publicationApr 7, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is growing.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
201574
201668
201730
201815
201917
202016
202118
202217
202314
202431
202524
20268
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
201574
201668
201730
201815
201917
202016
202118
202217
202314
202431
202524
20268

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Top CPC classifications

Most common classification codes in this portfolio.

Top CPC codes by patent count
CPCPatents
Y02E10/543183
H10F10/162154
Y02P70/50147
H01L31/073119
H10F71/125117

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

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Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does First Solar Inc have in patentsdb?
First Solar Inc is linked to 332 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does First Solar Inc patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Electricity (297); Cross-Sectional Technologies (281); Chemistry & Metallurgy (74).
Is First Solar Inc's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 31 in 2024 and 24 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to First Solar Inc?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.