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Superconductor Technologies Inc.

88Patents
18Active
88Granted
42Portfolio score

Filing activity: Aug 31, 1988 → Feb 2, 2017 · 12 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6347237B1 High temperature superconductor tunable filter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 63 Expired
US6026311A High temperature superconducting structures and methods for high Q, reduced intermodulation resonators and filters Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 59 Expired
US6625004B1 Electrostatic actuators with intrinsic stress gradient Electricity 44 Expired
US5616539A High temperature superconductor lumped element band-reject filters Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US5618777A High temperature superconductor lumped elements and circuit therefrom Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US6933165B2 Method of making an electrostatic actuator Electricity 37 Expired
US6662029B2 High temperature superconducting tunable filter with an adjustable capacitance gap Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US6788175B1 Anchors for micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) devices Performing Operations; Transporting 35 Expired
US6130189A Microwave hairpin-comb filters for narrow-band applications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US5616538A High temperature superconductor staggered resonator array bandpass filter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US6335622B1 Superconducting control elements for RF antennas Electricity 30 Expired
US6898450B2 High temperature superconducting tunable filter with an adjustable capacitance gap Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US5417073A Cryogenic cooling system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US7924114B2 Electrical filters with improved intermodulation distortion Electricity 26 Active
US6633208B2 Filter with improved intermodulation distortion characteristics and methods of making the improved filter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US6538445B2 Superconducting control elements for RF antennas Electricity 25 Expired
US5888942A Tunable microwave hairpin-comb superconductive filters for narrow-band applications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US6327862A Stirling cycle cryocooler with optimized cold end design Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 21 Expired
US7719382B2 Low-loss tunable radio frequency filter Electricity 20 Active
US7639101B2 Low-loss tunable radio frequency filter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Active
US5527766A Method for epitaxial lift-off for oxide films utilizing superconductor release layers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US6141971A Cryocooler motor with split return iron Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 19 Expired
US5196395A Method for producing crystallographic boundary junctions in oxide superconducting thin films Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US7863999B2 Low-loss tunable radio frequency filter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Active
US6516208B1 High temperature superconductor tunable filter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired

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