H01M 4/12
Of consumable metal or alloy electrodes
Official title: of consumable metal or alloy electrodes (use of alloy compositions as active materials H01M4/38)
H01M4/12 (Of consumable metal or alloy electrodes) appears on 181 US grants and 149 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01M- Granted patents
- 181
- Published applications
- 149
- Assignees
- 101
- Inventors
- 405
- Latest grant
- 3 Feb 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 4 | 7 |
| 2004 | 4 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2 | 8 |
| 2006 | 2 | 10 |
| 2007 | 4 | 10 |
| 2008 | 2 | 8 |
| 2009 | 7 | 4 |
| 2010 | 5 | 7 |
| 2011 | 6 | 7 |
| 2012 | 6 | 5 |
| 2013 | 8 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2 | 8 |
| 2015 | 3 | 10 |
| 2016 | 6 | 5 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 |
| 2018 | 4 | 7 |
| 2019 | 6 | 4 |
| 2020 | 9 | 6 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 4 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Plating metal negative electrodes under protective coatings287US 6,402,795 B1PolyPlus Battery Company · 2002
- Lithium/organosulfur redox cell having protective solid electrolyte barrier formed on anode and method of making same206US 4,917,974 AThe United States of America as represented by the Department of Energy · 1990
- Plating metal negative electrodes under protective coatings148US 6,723,140 B22004
- Non-aqueous lithium battery121US 4,964,877 AWilson Greatbatch Ltd. · 1990
- Non-agueous lithium battery114US 4,830,940 AWilson Greatbatch Ltd. · 1989