Is it ethical to patent emerging climate tech?
GreenBiz
AUGUST 31, 2022
is fast-tracking patent applications for climate tech. Is this a good move?
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Hydrogen Bar System Lands Pioneering Polish Patent for Revolutionary Hydrogen Storage Tech
FuelCellsWorks
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Warsaw — Hydrogen Bar System (HBS) has hit a milestone by securing a groundbreaking patent from Poland’s esteemed patent office. The patent puts HBS on the map as a leader in hydrogen storage, aiming.
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Toyota is the global leader in solid-state battery patents
Charged
AUGUST 18, 2022
Believe it or not, Toyota is by far the leading holder of solid-state battery patents, according to a recent study by Nikkei. Other Japanese companies are also among the top patent-holders in this space. Panasonic took second place with 445 patents, and another Japanese firm, Idemitsu Kosan, came in third with 272 patents.
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Hanwha Solutions and Solarwatt enter into patent licensing agreement
altenergymag
MARCH 16, 2023
The two companies reach an agreement permitting Solarwatt to continue selling and marketing solar products covered by the licensed patent EP ’689.
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PGE files patent for real-time two-phase measurement in geothermal wells
ThinkGeoEnergy
AUGUST 31, 2023
PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGEO) has filed patents for the work of Mohamad Husni Mubarok, Production and Operation Excellence Manager, for a technology that allows for real-time flow rate and enthalpy measurements of two-phase fluids from geothermal wells. PGE has completed the registration of Husni’s patents in the U.S.
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Technology Trending: Electrification trend, DEWA battery patent, solar table
Smart Energy International
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
DEWA innovates on battery performance Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)’s Research and Development (R&D) Centre has filed a new patent for an innovation for improving the performance of electrodes in lithium-ion batteries, sodium–sulphur batteries and electrolyte distribution batteries.
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The Regional Court of Düsseldorf grants Hanwha Solutions’ application for a preliminary injunction for patent infringement against Trina Solar
altenergymag
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Parent company of Qcells successfully alleges in preliminary injunction proceedings to German court that Trina Solar GmbH is unlawfully importing and selling solar modules in Germany that infringe Qcells’ patented technology.
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Tigo Energy Files Patent Infringement Suit Against SunSpec
altenergymag
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Public communications following Patent Office ruling show SunSpec inducing members to infringe on Tigo Energy intellectual property.
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Patent activity in electrolysis technology: Innovation driving cost reduction for green hydrogen
Smart Energy International
MAY 12, 2022
New joint report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the European Patent Office (EPO) unveils the innovation trends in electrolysis technology to accelerate the cost reduction in renewable-based hydrogen production. The country refers to the country of the patent applicants. C climate target.
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Hanwha Solutions and Trina Solar reach patent licensing and transfer agreement
altenergymag
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Both companies have reached a patent licensing and transfer agreement with each other over their intellectual properties.
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What Is Behind The U.S. Navy’s ‘UFO’ Fusion Energy Patent?
Forbes Green Tech
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
Navy patents which range from compact fusion devices to faster than light travel technology. One man is responsible for a slew of bizarre U.S.
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Draper wins patent for electrostatic motor
Charged
APRIL 5, 2021
Underpinning the initiative is a recent patent on aspects of the technology. The company’s patented approach to electric motors, which is available to license, replaces steel, copper coils and rare earth magnets with thin, light and widely available materials.
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PITT OHIO Receives Patent for Sustainable, Renewable Energy Process
altenergymag
OCTOBER 6, 2020
PITT OHIO receives a patent for the process they developed to take wind and solar energy into a battery system and the subsequent distribution of that power to points of use throughout their facilities.
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Reduce, reuse, recycle, register?
GreenBiz
MARCH 9, 2021
Protecting inventions with patents can assist with these aims, but innovators may be skeptical of being able to obtain patent protection for products that are made using recycled materials — materials that in many cases are, by definition, not new. Even in such a case, patentable innovation may be found in a new process.
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Solaria Sues Canadian Solar for Patent Infringement
altenergymag
MARCH 31, 2020
patent that covers a process for separating photovoltaic (PV) strips from solar cells for use in tiled or so-called "shingled" solar modules. Solaria Corporation, a US-based global provider of advanced solar energy products, announced today that it filed suit against Canadian Solar Inc.,
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Is America Doomed To Become A Second-Rate Country? Even In Nuclear?
Jim Conca
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
as the world’s leader in key scientific measures, including overall number of papers published and patents awarded. A new report by the National Science Foundation confirms China has overtaken the U.S. scientists also have serious competition from foreign researchers in some important fields.
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Study: Europe and Japan lead boom in low carbon hydrogen patents
Business Green
JANUARY 9, 2023
Latest EPO-IEA report reveals hydrogen production technology patents have shifted towards low-emission methods such as electrolysis. Researchers analysed global patent data to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of innovation in the hydrogen field.
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Revolutionary mounting solution for sandwich roofs: AEROCOMPACT launches patented support system for PV installations
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
The patented racking system is the first solution on the market that neither stresses nor damages the panels as it transfers all compressive and tensile forces directly into the roof's substructure. The Austrian expert in PV mounting solutions AEROCOMPACT has developed a new support system for solar power systems on sandwich panels.
Q CELLS reaches agreement to license use of its patent-protected technology with a German solar module manufacturer
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Agreement allows unnamed German solar company access to Q CELLS’ patent-protected cell passivation technology.
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Will Hyundai really follow through with its retro look hydrogen car?
Hydrogen Fuel News
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
More recently, a patent was filed, suggesting that the automaker could truly consider going forward with this model. A patent filing has renewed interest in the Hyundai hydrogen car concept vehicle. The automaker made a patent filing with the European Union Intellectual Property Office ( EUIPO ).
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Tesla files patent for new type of stator
Charged
JULY 16, 2020
The innovative automaker’s quest to improve its products is ongoing, and it recently published a patent for a new type of stator. Fascinating reading for electrical engineers.
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Envision goes Patent Pending for Floods with Solar EV Charging Station
Green Living Guy
JUNE 25, 2020
The post Envision goes Patent Pending for Floods with Solar EV Charging Station appeared first on Green Living Guy. EV Charging and Emergency Power That Can Survive Flooding to Over Nine Feet SAN DIEGO – June 16th, 2020 – Envision Solar International, Inc., That’s for electric vehicle charging, energy security and outdoor media.
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DEWA doubles down on storage with patent for redox flow battery stack
Smart Energy International
JUNE 21, 2022
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority’s Research and Development Centre (DEWA’s R&D Centre) has filed a new patent for a redox flow battery stack with improved electrolyte distribution. The new patent, which is the fourth filed by the Centre, reportedly resolves a significant challenge in flow battery.
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Trade Commission finds JinkoSolar did not infringe on Q CELLS’s patent
Solar Power World
APRIL 13, 2020
International Trade Commission investigation into whether module competitors infringed on Hanwha Q CELLS’s manufacturing patent found that Jinko’s products do not infringe on the patent. … The post Trade Commission finds JinkoSolar did not infringe on Q CELLS’s patent appeared first on Solar Power World.
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Mixed waste processing technology begins trial in Seattle
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 12, 2023
Through a patented wet waste processing solution designed to separate, sanitize, and wash food and other organic debris, Juno captures previously unrecoverable paper fibres in the waste stream such as from cups with plastic coatings or paper-based packaging with food contamination. Juno is proven to help solve this problem.”
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Tesla’s Effort To Short-Circuit Nikola Lawsuit Fizzles As Patent Office Denies Door Argument
Forbes Green Tech
APRIL 20, 2020
Patent and Trademark Office denied Tesla's attempt to invalidate its side door patent. The upstart maker of electric trucks powered by hydrogen fuel cells and batteries claims a small victory after the U.S.
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UK’s biggest CCU plant opens
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 4, 2022
The process is patented in the UK with further patents pending in key territories around the world. In a world-first, CO2 captured from energy generation emissions is being purified to food and pharmaceutical grade and used as a raw material in the manufacture of a sodium bicarbonate product which will be known as Ecokarb®.
Hydro-Québec commercializing electrolyte patents for solid-state batteries
Charged
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
The University of Texas at Austin has agreed to transfer patents relating to a new type of electrolyte to be used in solid-state lithium batteries to Hydro-Québec, Canada’s largest electricity producer. The patents are co-invented by Dr. John B.
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US Trade Court Sides with Longi, Jinko, REC in Solar Patent Infringement Case
GreenTechMedia
NOVEMBER 13, 2019
In a complaint filed in March, Hanwha Q Cells alleged that all three companies were infringing on a patent filed in 2008 by importing cells and modules that used proprietary technology. Longi Solar, JinkoSolar and REC Group appear to have emerged victorious from a legal attempt to shut those manufacturers out of the U.S. industry.
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Project aims to reduce impact of ammonia emissions from livestock
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 22, 2023
The PigProGrAm project includes Membracon’s Downflow Gas Contactor (DGC), described as “a patented technology that excels in a wide variety of gas separation applications, such as industrial carbon capture.”. He said the DGC will be used “to help generate a route for the livestock sector to become truly sustainable.”
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Commercial leap for RO tech with production of bespoke water treatment units
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 27, 2023
Salinity Solutions says its technology more than halves the energy used, with the help of a patented combination of a pressure exchange vessel and advanced recirculation control. One patent has already been granted and four more are said to be in the pipeline. Conventional RO expends a lot of energy pumping water through a membrane.
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REC is now suing Q CELLS over split-cell manufacturing and junction box patent infringement
Solar Power World
MAY 14, 2020
The patent infringement lawsuit war is heating up in the solar panel manufacturing world. Unrelated to the recently thrown-out patent infringement claim from Hanwha Q CELLS to REC Group over PERC manufacturing, REC has filed its own lawsuit against Q CELLS in China over half-cell manufacturing.
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Sponsored Content: Innovative odour abatement for even challenging budgets
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 9, 2022
A specialist in high-performance, low-cost odour and solvent emission abatement, Anua Clean Air UK offers products drawing primarily on its proprietary (and patented) biofiltration and bioscrubbing technologies. The company has the exclusive world-wide branding and patent rights to Monashell, Monasfil and CrumRubber technologies.
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Charged
AUGUST 22, 2019
Nano One Materials has secured a US patent for its NMC cathode powders, which it says offer a proprietary means of making Li-ion batteries more durable, safer and cheaper. NMC cathodes are typically comprised of lithium, nickel, manganese and cobalt.
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Ampt Brings Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against SolarEdge to Protect Optimizer Technology
altenergymag
JULY 29, 2022
-Complaint with U.S. International Trade Commission Seeks to Ban Import of Infringing SolarEdge Products -Similar Infringement Action in U.S. District Court Seeks Injunction and Substantial Monetary Damages
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Water start-up signs deal to start manufacture of “revolutionary” reverse osmosis technique
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 27, 2023
Te-Tech will manufacture and market Salinity Solutions’ patented, batch reverse osmosis technology, which is said to deliver significant advantages over conventional reverse osmosis technology. One patent has already been granted and four more are in the pipeline. Since it was founded, Salinity Solutions has raised over £1.5m
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Sponsored Content: Heat exchangers used on Zero Liquid Discharge system
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 27, 2023
To overcome this and maintain thermal efficiency and process effectiveness, HRS ZLD systems utilise the patented HRS Unicus Series of reciprocating scraped surface heat exchangers. Because each subsequent stage works at a lower boiling point than the previous one, energy savings are obtained.
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Nexeon acquires 24 patents for silicon anodes
Charged
DECEMBER 29, 2019
Silicon anode specialist Nexeon has acquired three sets of patents relating to the use of silicon in lithium-ion battery anodes. The 24 patents cover the manufacture and use of nano-scale silicon particles, alone or combined with graphite, as well as methods for coating carbon particles with silicon using vapor deposition.
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Tigo Energy Secures Overwhelming Legal Victory Protecting Innovation in U.S. Solar Industry
altenergymag
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Patent Office rejects more than 80% of SunSpec Alliance patent challenges, helping Tigo protect solar industry R&D investments.
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Patented 3R 60mm Polycarbonate Breather Vent Kit Provides Reliable Ventilation And Installation With Just A Turn Of The Wrist
altenergymag
MAY 13, 2021
AttaBox Enclosures Patented 3R 60mm Polycarbonate Breather Vent Kit Now Available
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Moixa Awarded New International Patents for Smart Charging Fleets of Batteries
altenergymag
NOVEMBER 22, 2019
The patents complement a growing smart energy IP portfolio and help support the ability of Moixa's AI-enabled GridShare software to unlock value for customers by aggregating fleets of batteries to provide gigawatt-scale virtual power plants and help balance electricity grids worldwide.
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60 US International Trade Commission Issues Final Determination Confirming No Infringement of Hanwha Q-Cells' Patent by REC Group
altenergymag
JUNE 8, 2020
Patent 9,893,215 ('215 patent). REC Group, an international pioneering solar energy brand with Scandinavian heritage, is pleased to report that on June 3, 2020, the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a Final Determination that REC Group's products do not infringe the asserted claims of Hanwha Q-Cells' U.S.
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Low-carbon cement made from mining sidestream
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 13, 2022
Materials technology firm Betolar has been granted a patent for a method for converting mining waste material into a reinforcing binder. The method developed and patented by Betolar heat-treats the waste material generated in the bioleaching process, causing it to become a reactive substance with a binder potential.
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Staxxiom promises eco-friendly furnishings that click together in 2 minutes
Inhabitat - Innovation
MARCH 29, 2021
Furniture startup Staxxiom has unveiled a sneak peek of its new “no tools, no hassle” furniture products, a line of patented click-to-assemble furnishings built from natural, eco-friendly materials.
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