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CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER. Latest granted patents 2014-2016. Linear Fresnel Reflector
Summary
Solar power plants based on Linear Fresnel reflector have not yet become widespread in comparison to parabolic trough systems or tower receivers. The total number of projects mentioned in the media does not exceed two dozen, and actual industrial operation experience with relatively large stations is gained only in India and Spain. However, large-scale projects in China could change these trends. For this, it is necessary to put into effect the main benefits of Fresnel reflectors – simplicity of design and low cost of the system. An evaluation of the latest innovative engineering inventions in this subject can significantly replenish the list of all the pros and cons of this technology.
A selection of patents related to the subject of Linear Fresnel Reflector in Concentrated Solar Power and published by patent offices around the globe in 2014-2016 is provided for review in the present bulletin. General research methodology can be found on the Advanced Energy Technologies website. The present bulletin includes 318 patent patents, prepared by applicants from 22 countries and registered in 17 patent offices. The patent documents mention 259 applicants and 307 IPC subgroups.
Key Highlights
The bulletin contains statistical data on the distribution of patent documents by years, by patent offices and by applicant countries, applicant-related data (residents and non-residents), data on the most frequently mentioned International Patent Classification divisions (sections, classes, subclasses, groups, and subgroups). The top three patent offices that granted the largest number of patents were USPTO (US), CNIPA (CN) and IP Australia.
For each of the patent documents selected for the examination in the present bulletin the characteristics of unified indicators were preliminary defined, they include: technical problems, types of inventive solutions employed, belonging to one or other technological segment. This allows the internal content for each of the indicators in the aggregate array of documents to be visualized, for instance, to define the sequence and proportional correlation of technical problems the inventive solutions disclosed in the texts aim to solve. A list of the top 10 groups consisting of patent documents with identical unified indicators contains ID numbers and applicant names of respective documents; the groups are sorted by the number of patent documents.
Data is provided for each of the top 10 applicants, leading in terms of the number of published patent documents among the ones examined in the bulletin, illustrating their share in the established intellectual property market, distribution of documents by problems, IPC sections, patent offices and technology indicators. Representatives of the USA prevail among the patenting leaders in the examined period of time. These leaders include: Spain, France, Germany, China, Japan, Australia, Taiwan, Switzerland and Israel.
The top prominent documents section includes three lists of the top patents having the highest bibliographical rating, the largest number of IPC sections, and the shortest patent pending time.
The conclusive part of the bulletin represents the lists of all of the documents reviewed, arranged by the top 10 groups of patent documents with identical unified indicators and by patent offices with the indication of the ID numbers of the granted patents.
Who needs this bulletin?
The data provided in the proposed bulletin is a timely reflection of the transformations that take place in the intellectual property sector of the industrial direction concerned. A thoroughly edited selection of patent documents can become a good complement to your library of available technical solutions. The bulletin is targeted at inventors, engineers, researchers, managers and business administrators involved in the development of solar energy production technologies.
