The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama
242Patents
184Active
242Granted
56Portfolio score
Filing activity: May 19, 1975 → Jan 12, 2024 · 16 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US9368991B2 | Distributed battery power electronics architecture and control | Electricity | 1,010 | Active |
| US5557686A | Method and apparatus for verification of a computer user's identification, based on keystroke characteristics | Physics | 266 | Expired |
| US6824599B2 | Dissolution and processing of cellulose using ionic liquids | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 152 | Expired |
| US6808557B2 | Cellulose matrix encapsulation and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 121 | Expired |
| US4628027A | Vitro diagnostic methods using monoclonal antibodies against connective tissue proteins | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 77 | Expired |
| US5648885A | Giant magnetoresistive effect sensor, particularly having a multilayered magnetic thin film layer | Physics | 75 | Expired |
| US10244990B2 | Systems and methods for rehabilitation of limb motion | Physics | 72 | Active |
| US4187852A | Synthetic elastomeric insoluble cross-linked polypentapeptide | Human Necessities | 67 | Expired |
| US6850944B1 | System, method, and computer program product for managing access to and navigation through large-scale information spaces | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 56 | Expired |
| US6560077B2 | CPP spin-valve device | Physics | 52 | Expired |
| US4096391A | Method and apparatus for reduction of scatter in diagnostic radiology | Physics | 49 | Expired |
| US7550520B2 | Method of preparing high orientation nanoparticle-containing sheets or films using ionic liquids, and the sheets or films produced thereby | Electricity | 44 | Active |
| US4934861A | Attachment apparatus for external stores on thin-wall poles | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 35 | Expired |
| US4340818A | Scanning grid apparatus for suppressing scatter in radiographic imaging | Human Necessities | 33 | Expired |
| US9948173B1 | Systems and methods for short-time fourier transform spectrogram based and sinusoidality based control | Electricity | 30 | Active |
| US8794574B2 | Micro-array surface for passive drag modification | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 26 | Active |
| US10392305B2 | Addition of carbon dioxide to concrete mixtures | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 26 | Active |
| US5186820A | Process for separating bitumen from tar sands | Performing Operations; Transporting | 21 | Expired |
| US4195126A | Albumin-dye complex for fatty acid determination | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US4597830A | Method and pulping composition for the selective delignification of lignocellulosic materials with an aqueous amine-alcohol mixture in the presence of a catalyst | Textiles; Paper | 19 | Expired |
| US5714509A | Inhibitors of bacterial sialidase and methods of making and using the same | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 18 | Expired |
| US5985859A | Methods of inhibiting bacterial sialidase | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 17 | Expired |
| US8113469B2 | Passive micro-roughness array for drag modification | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Active |
| US4542655A | Borehole stress-meter and method and apparatus for the installation thereof | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US6197816A | Use of triaqua-mu3-oxohexakis-mu-propionatotrichromium (1+), [CR3O(O2CCH2CH3)6(H2O) 3]+, as a nutritional supplement or in treatment of medical conditions | Human Necessities | 13 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.