Patents
U.S. patents and published applications on in-space resource utilization, space solar cells and light trapping.
Issued U.S. patents
Solar heating for thin film evaporation and directional solidification
A. Imbault, J. Grandidier. US 12,698,557 B2 — Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC, 2026.
Published U.S. patent applications
Bi-facial solar panels incorporating silicon formed on a substrate
J. C. Lee, A. Imbault, E. D. Contreras, J. Grandidier, P. Daggolu. US 2026/0114072 A1 — Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC, 2026.
Crystal pulling from a highly impure growth melt
A. Imbault, A. M. Román, J. Grandidier, J. C. Lee, J. Chuong, E. D. Contreras, A. P. Lange. US 2026/0092393 A1 — Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC, 2026.
Solidifying metals or metalloids from a liquid cathode during molten oxide electrolysis
A. P. Lange, S. V. Emani, A. M. Román, A. Imbault, J. Grandidier, E. M. Pitcavage, A. K. Cho. US 2025/0250690 A1 — Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC, 2025.
Heating and deposition for beneficiation of lunar regolith
A. Imbault, J. Grandidier, E. M. Pitcavage, J. D. Tarnas. US 2025/0083066 A1 — Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC, 2025.
Solar Cells Incorporating FeOx Thin-Films
J. C. Lee, J. Choung, A. Imbault, J. Grandidier. US 2024/0405143 A1 — Blue Origin, LLC, 2024.
Whispering gallery solar cells
J. Grandidier, J. Munday, D. Callahan, H. A. Atwater. US 2012/0060913 A1 — California Institute of Technology, 2012.