The US Patent Trial and Enchantment Board issued a good determination for Hanwha Q Cells on REC Photo voltaic’s patent claims. The courtroom dominated that the contested claims of REC’s US patent weren’t patentable. The choice is identical in Chinese language and European courts, in keeping with Q Cells.

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From pv journal Germany

In a overview course of initiated by Hanwha Options, the dad or mum of Hanwha Q Cells, the US Patent Trial and Enchantment Board declared on December 9 that every one contested claims in REC Photo voltaic’s US patent No. 10,749,060 (Patent 060) just isn’t patentable. It decided that the challenged REC Photo voltaic patent claims have been directed to a widely known association of photo voltaic elements inside a photo voltaic module, and did not fulfill the necessities of patentability.

REC challenged Hanwha Options in a patent infringement case filed in america District Court docket for the District of Delaware in 2020. Court docket judges suspended the dispute through the inter partes overview process. In early January, the deadline was prolonged once more.

Q Cells mentioned in a press release that the US determination follows related selections concerning REC Photo voltaic’s world patents. Final 12 months, the Beijing Mental Property Court docket and European Patent Workplace issued favorable rulings for Hanwha Options on a Chinese language patent, 201480038577.X, and a European patent, EP3017520. Each patents are associated to REC Photo voltaic’s 060 patent. Nevertheless, REC Photo voltaic declined to remark when contacted pv journal.

In March 2019, Hanwha Q Cells filed patent infringement complaints in Germany in opposition to Jinko Photo voltaic and REC Group, and adopted up with an identical case in opposition to Longi Photo voltaic. The complaints declare that the businesses unlawfully embrace Q Cells’ patented passivation expertise in their very own merchandise. In June 2020, the Düsseldorf regional courtroom dominated that the three defendants infringed a part of the German patent. The attraction course of continues to be ongoing.

Hanwha Q Cells has additionally filed patent-related complaints in France, the Netherlands, and america. The US Court docket of Appeals decided that the contested patent grievance was invalid. The European Patent Workplace, however, confirmed the validity of the passivation tech patent in June 2020, with minor modifications.

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