H01M 8/008
Disposal or recycling of fuel cells
H01M8/008 (Disposal or recycling of fuel cells) appears on 43 US grants and 77 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01M- Granted patents
- 43
- Published applications
- 77
- Assignees
- 49
- Inventors
- 205
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
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| 2007 | 4 | 7 |
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| 2010 | 7 | 3 |
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| 2012 | 6 | 0 |
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| 2014 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 8 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method of monitoring and replacing fuel cell stacks within a fuel cell stack assembly24 Feb 2026US 12,562,392 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- Method of recovering materials forming fuel cell stack20 Jan 2026US 12,531,252 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- Systems and methods for recycling fuel cell stack components15 Oct 2024US 12,119,519 B2Bloom Energy Corporation
- Systems and methods for refurbishing fuel cell stack components21 Nov 2023US 11,824,205 B2Bloom Energy Corporation
- Method for recycling hydrogen fuel cell of new energy vehicle11 Jul 2023US 11,699,796 B1Guangdong Brunp Recycling Technology Co., Ltd.
- Methods for recovering materials from solid oxide full-cells and solid oxide cells6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229554 A1Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
- Method of recovering valuable resource14 May 2026US 2026/0132485 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Method for the incineration of waste containing fluorine and noble metals7 May 2026US 2026/0124651 A1Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG
- Method for recycling aqueous electrolyte based on quinone compounds of a redox flow battery19 Feb 2026US 2026/0051523 A1Kemiwatt
- Method for recycling aqueous posolyte of a redox flow battery5 Feb 2026US 2026/0038847 A1Kemiwatt
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for the recovery of metals from the membrane of electrochemical cells21US 5,133,843 AThe Dow Chemical Company · 1992
- Process for recycling fuel cell components containing precious metals16US 7,713,502 B2Umicore AG & Co. KG · 2010
- Method for the mixed recycling of lithium-based anode batteries and cells13US 7,820,317 B2Recupyl · 2010
- Method of recovering electrolyte membrane from fuel cell and apparatus for the same12US 5,718,984 AToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 1998
- Process for the recovery of ionomer9US 10,964,967 B2Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells Limited · 2021