American Fuel Cell LLC
Low-cost bipolar plates for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells manufactured via roll-to-roll process
- Sector
- Energy
- Headquarters
- ROCHESTER, NY
- Founded
- 2014
- Latest Form D
- $50K, Jan 2017
- Total capital
- $200K
- Federal grants
- $150K
- 1 award · 2017
- Rank in peer group#2 of 108
- Private capital raised
- $50K
- 1 Form D · last Jan 2017
- 117 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Over-Molded Plates for Reduced Cost and Mass PEM Fuel Cells 11A$150K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$50K
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Standing among 108 peers
Line = medianEnergy · Material
- Federal grants#2 · top 2%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- DANIEL B O'CONNELLResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by $150K in grants as PI
- BRIAN L LITTEERExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- DAVID L WETTERExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.
Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Regulatory activity · Energy
- Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Redesignation and Maintenance Plan for the Partial St. Clair 2010 1-Hour Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) NAAQS Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Air Plan Approval; Delaware; 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Matter Limited Maintenance Plan for the Philadelphia Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Air Plan Approval; Oklahoma; Updates to the State Implementation Plan for New Source Review Permitting and General SIP ProvisionsEnvironmental Protection Agency
- List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International, Inc., MAGNASTOR® Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment Nos. 16 and 17 and Revisions to Amendment Nos. 0 Through 16Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Epyrifenacil; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Fluoxapiprolin; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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Data freshness
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