Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
1,988Patents
854Active
1,988Granted
55Portfolio score
Filing activity: Oct 11, 1973 → Jul 23, 2024 · 299 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5296891A | Illumination device | Physics | 648 | Expired |
| US7198646B2 | Device for fastening and anchoring cardiac valve prostheses | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 634 | Expired |
| US5563084A | Method of making a three-dimensional integrated circuit | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 493 | Expired |
| US7056704B2 | RNA interference mediating small RNA molecules | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 370 | Expired |
| US7078196B2 | RNA interference mediating small RNA molecules | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 325 | Expired |
| US7435582B2 | Sample carrier for cryoconservation of biological samples | Physics | 318 | Expired |
| US5336062A | Microminiaturized pump | Human Necessities | 291 | Expired |
| US6556196B1 | Method and apparatus for the processing of images | Physics | 249 | Expired |
| US5112963A | Modified oligonucleotides | Human Necessities | 245 | Expired |
| US5529465A | Micro-miniaturized, electrostatically driven diaphragm micropump | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 244 | Expired |
| US6403975B1 | Semiconductor components, in particular photodetectors, light emitting diodes, optical modulators and waveguides with multilayer structures grown on silicon substrates | Electricity | 219 | Expired |
| US5814970A | Apparatus for charge exchange among a plurality of series connected energy accumulators or energy converters | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 211 | Expired |
| US9542568B2 | Systems and methods for enforcing third party oversight of data anonymization | Physics | 209 | Active |
| US6149789A | Process for manipulating microscopic, dielectric particles and a device therefor | Performing Operations; Transporting | 207 | Expired |
| US7394903B2 | Apparatus and method for constructing a multi-channel output signal or for generating a downmix signal | Electricity | 205 | Expired |
| US4419421A | Ion conductor material | Physics | 193 | Expired |
| US5454472A | Method of continuously separating mixtures of microscopic dielectric particles and apparatus for carrying through this method | Physics | 188 | Expired |
| US7232806B2 | MicroRNA molecules | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 169 | Expired |
| US6424939B1 | Method for coding an audio signal | Physics | 167 | Expired |
| US5413313A | Integrated power switch structure having a vertical thyristor controlled by a lateral MOS transistor | Electricity | 162 | Expired |
| US6909105B1 | Method and device for representing an object | Physics | 153 | Expired |
| US5985739A | Semiconductor structures having advantageous high-frequency characteristics and processes for producing such semiconductor structures | Electricity | 151 | Expired |
| US5897583A | Flexible artificial nerve plates | Human Necessities | 145 | Expired |
| US5964794A | Implantable stimulation electrode | Human Necessities | 143 | Expired |
| US6479146B1 | Fabrication of multilayer-coated particles and hollow shells via electrostatic self-assembly of nanocomposite multilayers on decomposable colloidal templates | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 138 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.