Patent assignee · US · COMPANY

Kovio, Inc.

78Patents
61Active
78Granted
54Portfolio score

Filing activity: Aug 9, 2002 → Dec 28, 2012 · 53 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6957608B1 Contact print methods Electricity 139 Expired
US6936181B2 Methods for patterning using liquid embossing Electricity 72 Expired
US6878184B1 Nanoparticle synthesis and the formation of inks therefrom Electricity 68 Expired
US7078276B1 Nanoparticles and method for making the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 63 Expired
US7259101B2 Nanoparticles and method for making the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 54 Expired
US7294449B1 Radiation patternable functional materials, methods of their use, and structures formed therefrom Electricity 51 Expired
US6911385B1 Interface layer for the fabrication of electronic devices Electricity 38 Expired
US8066805B2 Metal inks, methods of making the same, and methods for printing and/or forming metal films Chemistry; Metallurgy 36 Active
US7619248B1 MOS transistor with self-aligned source and drain, and method for making the same Electricity 28 Expired
US7977240B1 Metal inks for improved contact resistance Electricity 24 Active
US7286053B1 Electronic article surveillance (EAS) tag/device with coplanar and/or multiple coil circuits, an EAS tag/device with two or more memory bits, and methods for tuning the resonant frequency of an RLC EAS tag/device Physics 22 Expired
US7314513B1 Methods of forming a doped semiconductor thin film, doped semiconductor thin film structures, doped silane compositions, and methods of making such compositions Electricity 22 Expired
US7259100B2 Nanoparticles and method for making the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US7528017B2 Method of manufacturing complementary diodes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Active
US7767520B2 Printed dopant layers Electricity 17 Active
US7498948B1 Electronic article surveillance (EAS) tag/device with coplanar and/or multiple coil circuits, an EAS tag/device with two or more memory bits, and methods for tuning the resonant frequency of an RLC EAS tag/device Physics 15 Active
US8426905B2 Profile engineered, electrically active thin film devices Electricity 15 Active
US7701011B2 Printed dopant layers Electricity 14 Active
US7422708B2 Compositions for forming a semiconducting and/or silicon-containing film, and structures formed therefrom Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US7687327B2 Methods for manufacturing RFID tags and structures formed therefrom Electricity 14 Active
US8191018B1 Methods and software for printing materials onto a substrate Electricity 13 Active
US7932537B2 Process-variation tolerant diode, standard cells including the same, tags and sensors containing the same, and methods for manufacturing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US8796125B2 Printed, self-aligned, top gate thin film transistor Electricity 13 Active
US7387260B1 MOS electronic article surveillance, RF and/or RF identification tag/device, and methods for making and using the same Electricity 13 Active
US7750792B2 Multi-mode tags and methods of making and using the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.