The U.S. Patent Office has issued three patents to TP Solar, Inc. whose vice president, Richard Parks, is a resident of Joyce. TP Solar is a world leader in solar cell wafer processing equipment.

The first, U.S. Patent No. 8,816,253, is a multi-lane, side-by-side, independently driven transport system particularly useful for transfers of thin silicon solar wafers on conveyor belts.

The second, U.S. Patent No. 8,828,776, is a multi-zone, solar cell diffusion furnace having several high intensity IR lamp heated process zones, including baffle, ramp-up, firing, soaking and cooling zone(s).

The third, U.S. Patent No. 8,829,396, is a new class of conveyors for transporting thin solar cell wafers through an IR furnace using a novel, zero-mass finger drive system.

Innovation Law Group, Ltd., of Sequim, advised TP Solar, Inc. in the preparation, filing and prosecution of U.S. and foreign patents in Taiwan and China on these solar cell processing systems. ILG is the premier patent and trademark firm on the Olympic Peninsula, offering over 45 years experience in all phases of intellectual property and related business counseling from its Sequim office.

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