CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
1,084Patents
756Active
1,084Granted
62Portfolio score
Filing activity: Apr 9, 1975 → May 6, 2025 · 130 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6205411A | Computer-assisted surgery planner and intra-operative guidance system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1,136 | Expired |
| US5880976A | Apparatus and method for facilitating the implantation of artificial components in joints | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 669 | Expired |
| US5809144A | Method and apparatus for purchasing and delivering digital goods over a network | Electricity | 655 | Expired |
| US6711432B1 | Computer-aided orthopedic surgery | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 612 | Expired |
| US6002859A | Apparatus and method facilitating the implantation of artificial components in joints | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 539 | Expired |
| US6701174B1 | Computer-aided bone distraction | Physics | 500 | Expired |
| US5759151A | Flexible steerable device for conducting exploratory procedures | Human Necessities | 422 | Expired |
| US5091780A | A trainable security system emthod for the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 412 | Expired |
| US5855000A | Method and apparatus for correcting and repairing machine-transcribed input using independent or cross-modal secondary input | Physics | 389 | Expired |
| US5268486A | Method for labeling and detecting materials employing arylsulfonate cyanine dyes | Physics | 386 | Expired |
| US4893183A | Robotic vision system | Physics | 373 | Expired |
| US5995738A | Apparatus and method for facilitating the implantation of artificial components in joints | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 373 | Expired |
| US5748954A | Method for searching a queued and ranked constructed catalog of files stored on a network | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 365 | Expired |
| US5835667A | Method and apparatus for creating a searchable digital video library and a system and method of using such a library | Physics | 355 | Expired |
| US5712957A | Locating and correcting erroneously recognized portions of utterances by rescoring based on two n-best lists | Physics | 347 | Expired |
| US6514259B2 | Probe and associated system and method for facilitating planar osteotomy during arthoplasty | Human Necessities | 334 | Expired |
| US5807937A | Processes based on atom (or group) transfer radical polymerization and novel (co) polymers having useful structures and properties | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 297 | Expired |
| US5763548A | (Co)polymers and a novel polymerization process based on atom (or group) transfer radical polymerization | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 290 | Expired |
| US5789487A | Preparation of novel homo- and copolymers using atom transfer radical polymerization | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 288 | Expired |
| US6084979A | Method for creating virtual reality | Electricity | 275 | Expired |
| US5994984A | Wireless signal distribution in a building HVAC system | Electricity | 272 | Expired |
| US5363935A | Reconfigurable mobile vehicle with magnetic tracks | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 253 | Expired |
| US6008373A | Fluorescent labeling complexes with large stokes shift formed by coupling together cyanine and other fluorochromes capable of resonance energy transfer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 236 | Expired |
| US6757582B2 | Methods and systems to control a shaping tool | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 232 | Expired |
| US5627027A | Cyanine dyes as labeling reagents for detection of biological and other materials by luminescence methods | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 232 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.