A123 in Talks to Settle Lithium Battery Patent Fight (Update2) – Bloomberg.com: “Sept. 24 (Bloomberg) — A123 Systems Inc., a maker of lithium batteries for plug-in cars that first sold stock today, is in talks to end a patent dispute with the University of Texas and Hydro-Quebec over technology underlying its products.”
A quick review of the Innography database shows some of the major competitors to A123 in the lithium, measured as the number of Patents and Applications filed in the United States.
And here’s the filing rate:
It looks that the publications are actually relatively flat.
A123 appears to have 39 patents and applications filed in the United States. Here’s a quick breakdown of A123:
