Source: Eight Great Technologies, Energy Storage, A Patent Overview. Intellectual Property Office 2014.

Published on Thursday 7th August, 2014

London, UK - 7 August 2014 - Intelligent Energy Holdings plc (LSE: IEH), the international power technology company, was named as the top British patent applicant for energy and storage technologies for 2013, in a report compiled by the UK Intellectual Property Office. 'Energy and storage technologies' is one of the 'eight great technologies' category that will propel the UK to future growth, as identified by the UK Government.

Patent data can give a valuable insight into innovative activity - in a company, country or on the worldwide stage. Intelligent Energy has filed over 80 patent applications for energy and storage technologies in the UK. Globally, the Company currently holds over 350 granted patents and has more than 450 patents pending across 250 patent families. The company is better known for its power dense and proprietary fuel cell power technologies. However, perhaps less known is that Intelligent Energy's technology portfolio also includes the wider components necessary to turn its fuel cell technologies into systems and products as well as the software capabilities to manage and optimise their performance and functionality. In addition, Intelligent Energy's intellectual property portfolio extends beyond its core fuel cell technology to encompass patents, know-how and expertise in fuel cell related manufacture and the generation and supply of hydrogen fuel.

"Intellectual property is the life blood of our business," commented Dr Paul Adcock, Intelligent Energy's Director, Innovation and New Technology and one of the original technology team behind the company's fuel cell technology. "It's critical that we continue to innovate and to protect our intellectual property in order to stay at the forefront of the industry."

The Intellectual Property Office's report on 'Energy Storage: A Patent Overview' analyses the worldwide patent landscape for energy and its storage. Energy and its storage encompasses many different technologies, but the current report has concentrated on small modular nuclear reactors, energy storage for vehicles, fuel cells, nanotech for batteries, super-capacitors, flow batteries and smart grids. The report describes how patenting activity in energy and its storage in the UK shows an overall positive trend, when compared to patenting activity worldwide.

About Intelligent Energy
Intelligent Energy develops efficient and clean energy technology for the global consumer electronics, automotive and distributed power and generation markets - from compact energy packs for mobile devices, to powertrains for zero-emission vehicles, and stationary power units for the always-on infrastructure.

Our advanced technology architecture is used by international companies to create differentiated, cost-efficient fuel cell power systems for mass market applications. It enables Intelligent Energy and our industry partners to solve the challenges of continuous power and productivity, by creating convenient everyday energy solutions to power your life.

With headquarters in Loughborough in the UK, the company also has operations in India and Japan and a commercial office in Silicon Valley, USA. Intelligent Energy Holdings plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IEH).

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