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Hydro-Quebec

412Patents
118Active
412Granted
48Portfolio score

Filing activity: Aug 30, 1976 → Oct 14, 2022 · 36 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5952815A Equalizer system and method for series connected energy storing devices Electricity 307 Expired
US6046514A Bypass apparatus and method for series connected energy storage devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 212 Expired
US5101086A Electromagnetic inductor with ferrite core for heating electrically conducting material Electricity 157 Expired
US5418437A Motor vehicle drive system for a motor vehicle having an electric motor system, and a method of operating said drive system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 133 Expired
US5415954A Electrical contact outlet for anodes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 128 Expired
US6085015A Lithium insertion electrode materials based on orthosilicate derivatives Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 128 Expired
US6087036A Thermal management system and method for a solid-state energy storing device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 102 Expired
US5227264A Device for packaging a lithium battery Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 74 Expired
US5021308A New ion conductive material composed of a salt in solution in a liquid electrolyte Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 73 Expired
US4758483A Novel macromolecular material for use in realizing electrolytes and/or electrodes Electricity 72 Expired
US4675664A Alarm system and method for detecting proximity of an object to electrical power lines Physics 71 Expired
US4766365A Self-regulated transformer-inductor with air gaps Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 65 Expired
US6319428A Perfluorinated amide salts and their uses as ionic conducting materials Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 61 Expired
US4959523A Method and apparatus for automatically sensing the configuration of a surface area and effecting a work function thereon Physics 58 Expired
US5250784A Method and device for cutting a multilayer assembly composed of a plurality of thin films and comprising a thin film electrochemical generator or a component part thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 58 Expired
US6451487B1 Composite coating LiPO3 Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 58 Expired
US6030421A Ultra thin solid state lithium batteries and process of preparing same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 56 Expired
US5105181A Method and electrical measuring apparatus for analyzing the impedance of the source of an actual alternating voltage Physics 56 Expired
US4519835A Transferred-arc plasma reactor for chemical and metallurgical applications Electricity 55 Expired
US5964965A Nanocrystalline Mg or Be-based materials and use thereof for the transportation and storage of hydrogen Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Expired
US4578326A Novel macromolecular material for use in realizing electrolytes and/or electrodes Electricity 50 Expired
US5072040A Process for synthesis of sulfonylimides Electricity 50 Expired
US6008265A Fluorinated ionic sulfonylimides and sulfonylmethylides, process of preparing same and use thereof as photoinitiators Physics 49 Expired
US4517265A Composite and flexible anodes for lithium cells in non-aqueous medium Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Expired
US4911995A Thin electrode supported on electronically conductive sheet and process of manufacture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 46 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.