Ballard Power Systems, Inc. (BLDP)
Nasdaq: BLDP · Electrical Industrial Apparatus · filing with the SEC since 2009
Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026246 patents granted to the 2 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Ballard Power Systems, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
246
246 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against none in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
134
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
2
its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy8
Measurement1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name2 counted
BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC. its own name
CA, as the owner printed on each patent. 196 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US, printed in DE)
101 published
Ballard Power Systems Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA
33 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2023 | 11,742,503 | Method and system for operating an electrochemical fuel cell stack with improved performance recovery | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC. |
| Aug 30, 2022 | 11,431,014 | Membrane electrode assembly with fluoro alkyl compound additive | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC. |
| Jun 21, 2022 | 11,367,878 | Membrane electrode assembly with improved electrode | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC. |
| Jun 7, 2022 | 11,355,759 | Membrane electrode assembly with improved cohesion | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC. |
| Mar 8, 2022 | 11,271,234 | Fuel cell with improved durability | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC. |
| Feb 1, 2022 | 11,239,471 | Cathode electrode design for electrochemical fuel cells | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC. |
| Aug 10, 2021 | 11,088,373 | Seal for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC. |
| Jan 19, 2021 | 10,895,604 | Reduced stack voltage circuitry for energy storage system diagnostics | Measurement | BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC. |
| Jan 12, 2021 | 10,892,509 | Compression apparatus for fuel cell stack | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC. |
| Mar 3, 2020 | 10,581,099 | Use of neural network and EIS signal analysis to quantify H2 crossover in-situ in operating PEM cells | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2023 | 2023/0327148 | A REINFORCED SEALED FUEL CELL ASSEMBLY | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Ballard Power Systems Inc. |
| Sep 1, 2022 | 2022/0278334 | MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY WITH IMPROVED ELECTRODE | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Ballard Power Systems Inc. |
| Aug 18, 2022 | 2022/0263096 | MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY WITH IMPROVED COHESION | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Ballard Power Systems Inc. |
| Mar 10, 2022 | 2022/0077480 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL FUEL CELL STACK WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE RECOVERY | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Ballard Power Systems Inc. · patent 11,742,503 granted from it |
| Apr 29, 2021 | 2021/0126262 | MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY WITH IMPROVED COHESION | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Ballard Power Systems Inc. · patent 11,355,759 granted from it |
| Mar 11, 2021 | 2021/0075031 | FLOW FIELD PLATE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL FUEL CELLS | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Ballard Power Systems Inc. |
| Jan 14, 2021 | 2021/0013519 | MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY WITH SUPPORTED METAL OXIDE | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Ballard Power Systems Inc. |
| Jul 23, 2020 | 2020/0235415 | MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY WITH FLUORO ALKYL COMPOUND ADDITIVE | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Ballard Power Systems Inc. · patent 11,431,014 granted from it |
| Jan 30, 2020 | 2020/0036012 | CATHODE ELECTRODE DESIGN FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL FUEL CELLS | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Ballard Power Systems Inc. · patent 11,239,471 granted from it |
| Aug 1, 2019 | 2019/0237789 | FUEL CELL WITH IMPROVED DURABILITY | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | Ballard Power Systems Inc. · patent 11,271,234 granted from it |
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.