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SpectraScience, Inc.

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26Patents
0Active
26Granted
34Portfolio score

Filing activity: Nov 18, 1992 → Nov 25, 2002

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5439000A Method of diagnosing tissue with guidewire Human Necessities 520 Expired
US5383467A Guidewire catheter and apparatus for diagnostic imaging Human Necessities 421 Expired
US5601087A System for diagnosing tissue with guidewire Human Necessities 411 Expired
US6174291A Optical biopsy system and methods for tissue diagnosis Human Necessities 360 Expired
US6394964B1 Optical forceps system and method of diagnosing and treating tissue Human Necessities 171 Expired
US5882779A Semiconductor nanocrystal display materials and display apparatus employing same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 157 Expired
US5762613A Optical biopsy forceps Human Necessities 134 Expired
US6129683A Optical biopsy forceps Human Necessities 121 Expired
US6066102A Optical biopsy forceps system and method of diagnosing tissue Human Necessities 116 Expired
US6259506A Field activated security articles including polymer dispersed liquid crystals, and including micro-encapsulated field affected materials Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 68 Expired
US6578712B2 Methods and apparatus employing multi-spectral imaging for the remote identification and sorting of objects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 46 Expired
US6633370B2 Quantum dots, semiconductor nanocrystals and semiconductor particles used as fluorescent coding elements Physics 39 Expired
US6047964A Scratch card, and method and apparatus for validation of the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Expired
US6064476A Self-targeting reader system for remote identification Performing Operations; Transporting 22 Expired
US6100973A Methods and apparatus for performing microanalytical techniques using photolithographically fabricated substrates having narrow band optical emission capability Electricity 21 Expired
US5845640A Chemiluminescent sources for photodynamic therapy and photomedicine Human Necessities 20 Expired
US5851225A Photoemitting catheters and other structures suitable for use in photo-dynamic therapy and other applications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US6296189A Methods and apparatus employing multi-spectral imaging for the remote identification and sorting of objects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US5908608A Synthesis of metal chalcogenide quantum Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US6832783B2 Optically-based methods and apparatus for performing sorting, coding and authentication using a gain medium that provides a narrowband emission Physics 17 Expired
US6030411A Photoemitting catheters and other structures suitable for use in photo-dynamic therapy and other applications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US6088380A Method and apparatus for intracavity pixelated lasing projection Electricity 7 Expired
US6370216B1 Thickness sensor suitable for detecting a presence of a plurality of items, such as currency Physics 5 Expired
US6254596A Solid state source for generating intense light for photomedicine Human Necessities 5 Expired
US6233481A Diagnostic application of sono-chemical excitation of fluorescent photosensitizers Human Necessities 3 Expired

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