Grant of Core Patent in China

    Embargoed Release: 07:00hrs Monday 27th March 2006

                              CMR Fuel Cells plc                               

                           (`CMR' or the `Company')                            

                         Grant of Core Patent in China                         

CMR Fuel Cells plc, is pleased to announce that one of its core patents has
been granted in China. Its progression from `cleared for grant' status - as
stated in CMR's admission document, to `fully granted' status is viewed by the
Company as an important step in enhancing value in emerging commercial
relationships in the region as well as being core to the long-term commercial
ambitions of the company to exploit the fuel cell market on a global scale.
Moreover, the management considers that the Chinese patent system represents
one of the most challenging in the world and thus the successful grant of this
patent strengthens the Boards confidence of further successful grants in China
and elsewhere.

This importance of this patent grant in China is highlighted by CMR's goal of
supplying the portable electronics market with long running, low cost fuel cell
stacks. China is a leading manufacturer, consumer and developer of portable
electronics products as well as having one of the most active fuel cell
development programs in the world. All of these factors are relevant to this
patent grant as each strengthens CMR's commercial proposition;

  * CMR's products can be manufactured and sold in China with less risk of
    intellectual property infringement and therefore maintain higher value
   
  * Infringing products are less likely to be made in China, again protecting
    value
   
  * Strengthened negotiating position with indigenous and 3rd party OEMs who
    manufacture and develop in China
   
  * CMR's intellectual property is secured early in a region where intense
    research and development is being carried out in the fuel cell field
   
Far eastern markets are expected to lead mass adoption of fuel cell technology,
where consumers demand more features and functions from portable devices and
conventional batteries do not have enough power capacity when these features
are used. CMR is developing commercial relationships with a number of major
electronics OEM's in the region and expects the grant of this core patent to
strengthen its position in possible future collaborative projects.

It is the expectation of the management that in the longer term the Chinese
market will represent a substantial commercial opportunity for the company's
technology and that by building an initial commercial presence in the region,
coupled by strong patent protection, CMR will be strongly positioned to enter
into various application markets in the region as they emerge.

John Halfpenny, CEO, comments:

'Having a core patent granted in China is a very powerful strengthening of our
intellectual property position, and I expect that this will strongly support
our commercialisation programme in the region. China is a complex and
challenging jurisdiction in which to operate and in which to gain intellectual
property protection. Our success here gives me great confidence of further
patent grants in other regions'

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Further Information

John Halfpenny             CMR Fuel Cells plc         01223 875 544            
                                                                               
CEO                                                                            
                                                                               
Andrew Tan                 Hansard Communications Ltd 020 7245 1100            
                                                                               
Account Director                                                               

About CMR Fuel Cells plc:

CMR Fuel Cells plc is a UK developer of fuel cell stacks for portable and small
stationary power generation applications. The company plans to become a leading
supplier of fuel cell products, based on its simple but revolutionary patented
stack architecture which delivers longer run-time and lower costs than
conventional fuel cell stacks.

In 2005 CMR were:

  * Winners of the 2005 Carbon Trust Overall Innovator of the year award
   
  * Winners of the 2005 Carbon Trust Individual and Small Businesses award
   
  * Selected as a Red Herring Top 100 Europe company - (previous Red Herring
    winners include Google and eBay)
   
  * Selected by Harvard Business School as one of 25 companies 'most likely to
    change our world by 2010'
   
  * Selected by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer for 2006
   


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