H01M 8/0618
Reforming processes
Official title: {Reforming processes, e.g. autothermal, partial oxidation or steam reforming}
H01M8/0618 (Reforming processes) appears on 1,149 US grants and 1,712 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01M- Granted patents
- 1,149
- Published applications
- 1,712
- Assignees
- 475
- Inventors
- 2,521
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 15 | 55 |
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| 2019 | 60 | 54 |
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| 2021 | 47 | 52 |
| 2022 | 51 | 71 |
| 2023 | 47 | 55 |
| 2024 | 39 | 42 |
| 2025 | 41 | 40 |
| 2026 | 18 | 35 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Use of renewable energy in methanol synthesis14 Jul 2026US 12,678,760 B2Sabic Global Technologies B.V.
- Gas reformer for producing hydrogen16 Jun 2026US 12,655,020 B2Fluor Technologies Corporation
- Fuel cell system and control method therefor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312102 A1Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
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- System and method for processing syngas from fuel cell system exhaust1 Oct 2026US 2026/0302297 A1Bloom Energy Corporation
- Comprehensive energy supply system with hydrogen production and prediction function and integrated with hydrogen energy storage by residual flue gas of gas engine24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286916 A1The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University Co., Ltd.
- Use of a fuel cell to decarbonize a hydrocarbon cracking system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279863 A1Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
Most cited
By later US patents
- Integrated flameless distributed combustion/steam reforming membrane reactor for hydrogen production and use thereof in zero emissions hybrid power system186US 6,821,501 B2Shell Oil Company · 2004
- Thermally enhanced compact reformer179US 5,858,314 AZtek Corporation · 1999
- Patient interface assembly and system using same142US 7,357,136 B2RIC Investments, LLC · 2008
- Apparatus for providing a pure hydrogen stream for use with fuel cells117US 6,190,623 B1Uop LLC · 2001
- Integrated fuel cell system112US 6,376,113 B1IdaTech, LLC · 2002