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International Fuel Cells, LLC

216Patents
0Active
216Granted
41Portfolio score

Filing activity: Apr 26, 1985 → Nov 9, 2001

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4769297A Solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack water management system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 134 Expired
US5503944A Water management system for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell power plants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 124 Expired
US6024848A Electrochemical cell with a porous support plate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 119 Expired
US4994331A Fuel cell evaporative cooling using fuel as a carrier gas Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 118 Expired
US5034287A Fuel cell cooling using heat of reaction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 117 Expired
US6007931A Mass and heat recovery system for a fuel cell power plant Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 110 Expired
US4781241A Heat exchanger for fuel cell power plant reformer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 108 Expired
US5264299A Proton exchange membrane fuel cell support plate and an assembly including the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 103 Expired
US4792502A Apparatus for producing nitrogen Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 101 Expired
US4678723A High pressure low heat rate phosphoric acid fuel cell stack Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 100 Expired
US5516344A Fuel cell power plant fuel processing apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 98 Expired
US5573866A Direct methanol oxidation polymer electrolyte membrane power system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 88 Expired
US5451249A Landfill gas treatment system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 87 Expired
US6045772A Method and apparatus for injecting a liquid hydrocarbon fuel into a fuel cell power plant reformer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 83 Expired
US4737161A Compact hydrogen generator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 82 Expired
US6020083A Membrane electrode assembly for PEM fuel cell Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 70 Expired
US5470360A Fuel cell power plant reformer burner gas flow control system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 69 Expired
US6120923A Steam producing hydrocarbon fueled power plant employing a PEM fuel cell Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 67 Expired
US5989318A Apparatus for separating water from a two-phase stream Performing Operations; Transporting 66 Expired
US4751151A Recovery of carbon dioxide from fuel cell exhaust Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 66 Expired
US6103410A Start up of frozen fuel cell Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 64 Expired
US5486041A Cabinet structures coupled to adjacent cabinet structures and to rectangular frame elements, and equipped with anti-tilt mechanisms and rolling and sliding bases Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 63 Expired
US4828940A Fuel cell power plant with increased reactant pressures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 63 Expired
US5700595A Ion exchange membrane fuel cell power plant with water management pressure differentials Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 62 Expired
US4865926A Hydrogen fuel reforming in a fog cooled fuel cell power plant assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 60 Expired

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