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World IP Day 2026 — Recognized Innovator
David Eaglesham
- Co-Founder & CTO
- Electric Hydrogen Co.
Recognized for co-founding and leading the technology behind Electric Hydrogen’s industrial-scale electrolyzer platform. His work helped move green hydrogen from lab-scale promise to gigawatt-scale manufacturing for refineries, eFuels, and ammonia projects worldwide.
Certificate of Recognition
Top IP Innovator — Green Hydrogen & Electrolysis · 2026
Electric Hydrogen Patents (last 5 years)
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First Filing
2019
USPTO Art Unit Focus
1794 / 1723
Role
Co-Founder & CTO
Presented by InspireIP
World IP Day Recognition Series · 2026
Electric Hydrogen patents, last 5 years
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Filed in 2025 alone
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Recognition category
0 Clean Energy
The Recognition
Making green hydrogen cheaper than fossil hydrogen
On World IP Day 2026, InspireIP recognizes David Eaglesham, co-founder and CTO of Electric Hydrogen, for his inventor footprint and technical leadership at the company.
The recognition is based on Electric Hydrogen’s patent activity and public patent records where David is named as an inventor. His filings cover electrolyzer system architectures, porous transport layers for electrolytic cells, and multi-state power input systems that allow electrolyzers to run on intermittent renewable energy.
At Electric Hydrogen, that work supports a larger goal: building electrolyzer systems designed for gigawatt-scale green hydrogen production. The patent activity reflects the engineering behind a platform now being manufactured in the U.S. and selected for hydrogen projects across refineries.
Patent Footprint
A portfolio shaped around the cost of clean hydrogen
2020-2021
David Eaglesham joins Breakthrough Energy Ventures as an Entrepreneur in Residence to study the economics of hydrogen production. In January 2021, he co-founds Electric Hydrogen with Raffi Garabedian, Dorian West, and Derek Warnick. The company files its first 2 patents that year, with David named as inventor.
2022–2023
The portfolio grows to 15 filings across two years as Electric Hydrogen announces its 1.2 GW electrolyzer factory in Devens, Massachusetts, closes a $380M Series C, and begins shipping its first 100 MW electrolyzer plant.
2024–2025
A sharp acceleration. 27 patents across two years, peaking at 18 filings in 2024. Electric Hydrogen's HYPRPlant receives third-party validation from DNV, and the company is selected by HIF Global for its Texas eFuels project and by Synergen Green Energy for a 240 MW green ammonia project.
Green Hydrogen & Electrolysis
A small-entity company filing like a much larger one
Electric Hydrogen is classified by the USPTO as a Small Entity, yet its filing volume sits well above what is typical for clean energy startups of its age and size. Much of that activity is concentrated in the chemical and materials art units that protect electrolyzer cell designs, membrane systems, and hydrogen production methods.
Patents, last 5 years
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Peak year (2024)
+ Filings
USPTO entity status
Small Entity
Art unit focus
1794 / 1723
"Leading an innovation program is harder than inventing on your own. It means choosing what to file, who to credit, and where to invest, over and over, for years. The leaders we recognize on World IP Day have done that consistently, and built something that compounds."
Sam Zellner
Founder, InspireIP · Inventor · Innovation Leader
About Electric Hydrogen
Built in Massachusetts, decarbonizing industry worldwide
Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Devens, Massachusetts, Electric Hydrogen builds industrial-scale electrolyzer systems for green hydrogen production.
The company’s HYPRPlant is a fully integrated, pre-engineered electrolyzer plant designed to deliver up to 60% lower total installed costs compared with conventional systems.
Electric Hydrogen operates a 1.2 GW annual capacity factory in Devens and has been selected for projects across refineries, eFuels, green ammonia, and heavy industry.
The company’s investors include Fortescue, Amazon, bp, Microsoft, United Airlines, Temasek, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and Rio Tinto. It was also reported as the first green hydrogen startup to reach a $1 billion valuation.
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