HP Corp Fuel Cell

Opportunity to Purchase HP Corporation Patents in Fuel Cell Technology

Our client Hewlett Packard Corporation (HP Corp) has asked us to find a buyer for three fundamental patent lots; Fuel Cell System, Fuel Cell Cartridge and Fuel Cell Stack. This is an excellent opportunity to obtain fundamental patents in Fuel Cell Technologies. A breakdown of the Patent lots is as follows:

Lot PSL47: Fuel Cell System Patent Lot (27 US Patents):
This lot contains inventions relating to fuel cell systems. Innovations include, applications for electronic devices, enhancing performance of fuel cell by adding fuel addictives, fuel flow regulators, hydrogen generating systems and fuel cell system designs/methods for increasing fuel cell efficiency and power output. Some Exemplary patents include: US6790416, US7014929, and US7491457.

Lot PSL25: Fuel Cell Cartridge Patent Lot (17 US Patents):
This lot contains inventions relating to improving usability and safety of replaceable fuel cell cartridges. Technologies include fuel cell cartridges with information storage device for storing data regarding the fuel cell system, fuel indicator systems for determining amount of fuel, hydrogen generation methods, and cartridge designs for preventing fuel leaks. Some exemplary patents include: US6828049, US6924054, and US7306863.

Lot PSL46: Fuel Cell Stack Patent Lot (42 US Patents):
This lot contains inventions relating to Fuel Cell Stacks sub-divided into 4 categories – Electrode/Electrolyte, Arrangement, Manufacture and MEMS based FC. Stack – Electrode/Electrolyte consists of inventions relating to electrode/electrolyte design, material & manufacturing methods as well as application of catalyst for enhanced reactivity. Stack Arrangement consists of inventions relating to means to create miniaturized fuel cell with maximized surface area between electrolyte and fuel cell, designs for high temperature operation, embedded current collector and fuel cell stack with catalytic combustor. Stack Manufacture presents different innovative means of manufacturing a fuel cell stack. MEMS based Fuel Cell consists of inventions relating to MEMS based fuel cell structures. Some exemplary patents include: US6620542, US6677070, and US6740444.

Some sample companies that have cited these patents in their patent applications include: Nissan Motor, Motorola, Honda Motor, GM, Honeywell, Toyota, etc…

The Opportunity:
The successful buyer of these patents will garner the following benefits:

• Provide a greater barrier to entry into your business sector
• Generate incremental revenue and profits through licensing 3rd parties participating in this market
• Enhancing their current patent portfolio for cross-licensing purposes
• Kick-start product development in this market with knowledge that you have patent protection.

Each Patent Lot has a minimum purchase price of $500,000 USD.  Non-binding proposals from interested parties to acquire these patents are expected upon review.