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Solid polymer fuel cell systems incorporating water removal at the anode

EP 0671057 B1 · Applicant: BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC.

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  • Filed October 28, 1993 and granted June 14, 2000. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 28, 2013.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by April 28, 2019.
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FiledOctober 28, 1993
PublishedSeptember 13, 1995
GrantedJune 14, 2000
Term endedOctober 28, 2013
Application numberEP 94900413
Classification (CPC)H01M8/1007 +2 more

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1994199619982000200220042006200820102012Application filedOct 28, 1993PublishedSep 13, 1995Patent grantedJune 14, 2000Term endedOct 28, 2013

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