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Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Technologies Available for Licensing

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory offers advanced hydrogen and fuel cell technologies to produce, store and safely use hydrogen made from renewable resources. The goal is to help industry develop technologies to produce, store, transport and use hydrogen in quantities large enough, and at costs low enough, to compete with traditional energy sources such as coal, oil and natural gas. A number of NREL's hydrogen and fuel cell technologies have been patented and are available for licensing.

Intellectual Property Items

  • U.S. Patent 7,229,785 - Fluorescence technique for on-line monitoring of state of hydrogen-producing microorganisms
  • U.S. Patent 7,233,034 - Hydrogen permeable protective coating for a catalytic surface
  • U.S. Patent 7,233,034 - Hydrogen Permeable Protective Coating for a Catalytic Surface
  • U.S. Patent 6,989,252 - Hydrogen Producting Using Hydrogenase-Containing Oxygenic Photosynthetic Organisms
  • U.S. Patent 7,306,951 - Method and apparatus for determining diffusible hydrogen concentrations
  • U.S. Patent 6,277,589 - Method and Apparatus for Rapid Biohydrogen Phenotypic Screening of Microorganisms Using a Chemochromic Sensor
  • U.S. Patent 5,871,952 - Process for Selection of Oxygen-tolerant Algal Mutants that Produce H.sub.2
  • U.S. Patent 6,448,068 - System for Rapid Biohydrogen Phenotypic Screening of Microorganisms Using a Chemochromic Sensor

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