H01M 8/16
Biochemical fuel cells, i.e. cells in which microorganisms function as catalysts
H01M8/16 (Biochemical fuel cells, i.e. cells in which microorganisms function as catalysts) appears on 465 US grants and 736 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01M- Granted patents
- 465
- Published applications
- 736
- Assignees
- 375
- Inventors
- 1,376
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2003 | 2 | 13 |
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| 2007 | 6 | 27 |
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| 2009 | 16 | 35 |
| 2010 | 21 | 55 |
| 2011 | 21 | 62 |
| 2012 | 20 | 28 |
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| 2018 | 27 | 41 |
| 2019 | 29 | 36 |
| 2020 | 28 | 35 |
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| 2022 | 12 | 26 |
| 2023 | 22 | 25 |
| 2024 | 17 | 28 |
| 2025 | 21 | 17 |
| 2026 | 13 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Electrode binder for biofuel cell6 Oct 2026US 12,755,985 B2Resonac Corporation
- Scalable continuous flow microbial fuel cells29 Sep 2026US 12,747,173 B2Aquacycl, Inc.
- Lipolysis device, lipolysis method, and electric power generation method22 Sep 2026US 12,740,881 B2Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Electron carrier, electron carrier production method, and electron transfer method22 Sep 2026US 12,744,230 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Mediator1 Sep 2026US 12,723,272 B2Kikkoman Corporation
- Photo-bio-electrochemical cell17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279866 A1Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
- Biological battery17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279867 A1
- Organism-based bio-generators27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253931 A1Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Ltd. (PBC)
- Capacitive-faradaic and pseudocapacitive-faradaic fuel cells20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242256 A1Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
- Hydrophobic biobinder for cathodic formulation20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245916 A1Befc
Most cited
By later US patents
- Enzyme electrode739US 4,224,125 AMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1980
- Biological fuel cell and method434US 6,294,281 B1TheraSense, Inc. · 2001
- Method for the determination of glycated hemoglobin117US 7,005,273 B2TheraSense, Inc. · 2006
- Micro integrated cardiac pacemaker and distributed cardiac pacing system117US 8,027,729 B2Fujikin Corporated · 2011
- Electrode for the electrochemical regeneration of coenzyme, a method of making said electrode, and the use thereof111US 4,490,464 A1984