C01B 6/00
Hydrides of metals including fully or partially hydrided metals, alloys or intermetallic
Official title: Hydrides of metals {including fully or partially hydrided metals, alloys or intermetallic compounds (use of some thereof for reversible sorption of hydrogen C01B3/0005, C01B3/508); Compounds containing at least one metal-hydrogen bond, e.g. (GeH3)2S, SiH GeH}; Monoborane or diborane; Addition complexes thereof (higher hydrides of boron, substituted hydrides of boron C01B35/00)
C01B6/00 (Hydrides of metals including fully or partially hydrided metals, alloys or intermetallic) appears on 478 US grants and 426 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C01B- Granted patents
- 478
- Published applications
- 426
- Assignees
- 328
- Inventors
- 1,070
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 12 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 12 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 3 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3 |
| 2003 | 9 | 14 |
| 2004 | 10 | 15 |
| 2005 | 2 | 26 |
| 2006 | 16 | 19 |
| 2007 | 15 | 22 |
| 2008 | 8 | 19 |
| 2009 | 15 | 32 |
| 2010 | 17 | 34 |
| 2011 | 16 | 22 |
| 2012 | 23 | 12 |
| 2013 | 21 | 14 |
| 2014 | 20 | 7 |
| 2015 | 11 | 24 |
| 2016 | 11 | 20 |
| 2017 | 18 | 16 |
| 2018 | 12 | 19 |
| 2019 | 17 | 9 |
| 2020 | 8 | 16 |
| 2021 | 10 | 24 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10 |
| 2023 | 19 | 16 |
| 2024 | 9 | 11 |
| 2025 | 6 | 9 |
| 2026 | 6 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- C01B 6/06Hydrides of aluminium, gallium, indium, thallium, germanium, tin, lead, arsenic, antimony, bismuth217
- C01B 6/24Hydrides containing at least two metals143
- C01B 6/04Hydrides of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, beryllium or magnesium77
- C01B 6/02Hydrides of transition elements53
- C01B 6/34Purification29
- C01B 6/003Hydrides containing only one metal and one or several non-metals18
Recent patents
- Sodium borohydride production method22 Sep 2026US 12,741,869 B2Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
- Hydride ion conductor15 Sep 2026US 12,735,317 B2AGC Inc.
- Metal hydride nanoparticles25 Aug 2026US 12,715,821 B2The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Hydride ion conductor7 Jul 2026US 12,673,867 B2AGC Inc.
- Device for preparing multi-component metal hydroxide24 Mar 2026US 12,582,961 B2L&F Co., Ltd.
- Method for producing metal borohydride from metal boron oxide16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200730 A1H2Fuel-Systems B.V.
- Device for preparing multi-component metal hydroxide2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183737 A1L&F Co., Ltd.
- Hydride ion conductor and preparation method thereof11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159387 A1Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
- X-hydride max phase and mxenes11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159400 A1Drexel University
- Methods of Producing Cobalt Nanoparticles and Hollow Metal Nanospheres7 May 2026US 2026/0124304 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Bulk gas sorption and apparatus, gas containment/treatment system comprising same, and sorbent composition therefor81US 5,151,395 ANovapure Corporation · 1992
- Gas source and dispensing system79US 5,993,766 AAdvanced Technology Materials, Inc. · 1999
- Compositions and processes for synthesizing borohydride compounds54US 6,433,129 B1Millennium Cell, Inc. · 2002
- Processes for synthesizing alkali metal borohydride compounds51US 6,586,563 B1Millennium Cell, Inc. · 2003
- Method for the synthesis of silanes or organosilicon hydrides by the reduction of the corresponding silicon halides or organosilicon halides49US 5,455,367 ATh. Goldschmidt AG · 1995