- By John Lazarus
Collectively, individual inventors accounted for the vast majority of all hydropower (i.e., hydro, wave and tidal power) patents granted in the U.S. during 2008 (28 of 38 total U.S. patents granted – almost 74 percent). All other corporations or entities each accounted for less than three percent. These patents may represent an area of interest for corporations looking to enhance, or enter, the hydropower field by acquiring or licensing the rights to new hydropower technologies.