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Plug PowerPatent pace

Plug Power Inc.'s patent output is slowing: 7 grants in the past year, 0 in the past 30 days.

Source

patents.google.comSep 29, 2026

Detail

Over the past year Plug Power Inc. received 7 US patent grants, concentrated in batteries / energy storage; the recent pace (3 in 90 days) is slowing versus its trailing baseline.

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Signal
Patent pace

What this signalsA new patent often shows where a company is putting its R&D budget.

Grants, 12 months
7
Grants, 90 days
3
Grants, 30 days
0
Pace
Decelerating
Event date
Sep 29, 2026

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Details

USPTO assignee
Plug Power Inc.
Grants 60d
3
Grants 180d
5
Unique inventors: 90d
9
Unique inventors: 365d
17
Grant velocity ratio
0
Primary CPC subclass
F17C

Topics and mentions

Top technology areas

  • batteries / energy storage

Extraction

Detected
Sep 30, 2026
signal_type
patents-company
signal_subtype
portfolioVelocity

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    "event_at": "2026-09-29",
    "event_kind": "velocity_snapshot",
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