Earlier this year, the World Intellectual Property Organisation published a report, entitled “Hydrogen fuel cells in transportation”, which explores recent patenting trends of hydrogen fuel cells, with a particular focus on transportation.
In this article I provide my own summary of the findings of the report in areas of particular interest.
Introduction
As set out in the report, the European Environment Agency (EAA) indicates that transportation is responsible for around 25% of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fuel combustion. Road transport (including cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles) accounts for around 75% of the total CO2 emissions across all transportation sectors (e.g. including aviation, shipping, rail etc.), and the proportion of total emissions produced by aviation and shipping continues to rise. The transport sector therefore clearly has a significant role to…
A review of patenting trends of hydrogen fuel cells in the transport sector
