Institute of Energy Conversion 
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716

Patents -- Robert W. Birkmire

     
  1. U. S. Patent no. 4,709,466 dated 12/1/87

    2. "Process for Fabricating Thin Film Photovoltaic Solar Cells"
    Inventors:  Brian E. McCandless and Robert W. Birkmire
     
     
  2. U. S. Patent no. 4,909,863 dated 3/20/90

    3. "Process for Levelling Film Surfaces and Products Thereof"
    Inventors:  Brian E. McCandless and Robert W. Birkmire
     
     
  3. U. S. Patent no. 5,015,503 dated 5/4/91

    4. "Apparatus for Producing Compound Semiconductor Thin Films"
    Inventors:  Robert D. Varrin and Robert W. Birkmire
     
     
  4. U. S. Patent no. 5,674,555 dated 10/7/97

    5. "Process for Preparing Group IB-IIIA-VIA Semiconducting Films"
    Inventors:  Robert W. Birkmire, Jerold M. Schultz, Matheswaran Marudachalam and  Habib Hichri
     
     
  5. U. S. Patent no. 6,310,281 dated 10/30/01

    6. "Thin-film, Flexible Photovoltaic Module"
    Inventors:  Robert G. Wendt, Gregory M. Hanket, Robert W. Birkmire, T.W. Fraser Russell, and Scott Wiedeman


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