Y02E 60/36
Hydrogen production from non-carbon containing sources
Official title: Hydrogen production from non-carbon containing sources, e.g. by water electrolysis
Y02E60/36 (Hydrogen production from non-carbon containing sources) appears on 5,050 US grants and 7,660 published applications in this corpus.
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| 2026 | 175 | 298 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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