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SRI International

1,326Patents
679Active
1,326Granted
59Portfolio score

Filing activity: Dec 24, 1975 → Oct 23, 2024 · 180 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5817084A Remote center positioning device with flexible drive Human Necessities 2,387 Expired
US6223100A Apparatus and method for performing computer enhanced surgery with articulated instrument Electricity 1,865 Expired
US6080181A System and method for releasably holding a surgical instrument Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1,775 Expired
US5807378A Surgical manipulator for a telerobotic system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1,704 Expired
US6806808B1 Wireless event-recording device with identification codes Physics 1,664 Expired
US5800423A Remote center positioner with channel shaped linkage element Human Necessities 1,630 Expired
US5649956A System and method for releasably holding a surgical instrument Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1,630 Expired
US6963792B1 Surgical method Electricity 1,617 Expired
US6106511A Methods and devices for positioning a surgical instrument at a surgical site Human Necessities 1,587 Expired
US6545384B1 Electroactive polymer devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1,555 Expired
US6583533B2 Electroactive polymer electrodes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1,492 Expired
US6850817B1 Surgical system Electricity 1,457 Expired
US6406472B1 Remote center positioner Human Necessities 1,386 Expired
US6309397A Accessories for minimally invasive robotic surgery and methods Human Necessities 1,385 Expired
US5631973A Method for telemanipulation with telepresence Electricity 1,155 Expired
US6321338A Network surveillance Electricity 674 Expired
US5808665A Endoscopic surgical instrument and method for use Electricity 673 Expired
US6691151B1 Unified messaging methods and systems for communication and cooperation among distributed agents in a computing environment Physics 572 Expired
US4874500A Microelectrochemical sensor and sensor array Physics 543 Expired
US6461372B1 System and method for releasably holding a surgical instrument Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 489 Expired
US5700642A Oligonucleotide sizing using immobilized cleavable primers Chemistry; Metallurgy 485 Expired
US6757718B1 Mobile navigation of network-based electronic information using spoken input Electricity 479 Expired
US5931832A Methods for positioning a surgical instrument about a remote spherical center of rotation Human Necessities 466 Expired
US5674698A Up-converting reporters for biological and other assays using laser excitation techniques Chemistry; Metallurgy 433 Expired
US6742021B1 Navigating network-based electronic information using spoken input with multimodal error feedback Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 430 Expired

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