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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

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.