The Governing Council of the University of Toronto
383Patents
332Active
383Granted
58Portfolio score
Filing activity: Oct 25, 1974 → Aug 6, 2024 · 33 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4034418A | Artificial knee joint | Human Necessities | 181 | Expired |
| US5474722A | Oriented thermoplastic and particulate matter composite material | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 112 | Expired |
| US8202736B2 | Method of hormone extraction using digital microfluidics | Physics | 94 | Active |
| US6325909A | Method of growth of branched carbon nanotubes and devices produced from the branched nanotubes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 85 | Expired |
| US9610442B2 | Systems and methods for treatment of urinary dysfunction | Human Necessities | 63 | Active |
| US9566335B1 | Protein sequencing method and reagents | Physics | 56 | Active |
| US9167386B2 | System, method and computer program for dynamic generation of a radio map | Electricity | 52 | Active |
| US8053239B2 | Digital microfluidic method for protein extraction by precipitation from heterogeneous mixtures | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 51 | Active |
| US4133928A | Fiber reinforcing composites comprising portland cement having embedded therein precombined absorbent and reinforcing fibers | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 51 | Expired |
| US8187864B2 | Exchangeable sheets pre-loaded with reagent depots for digital microfluidics | Performing Operations; Transporting | 51 | Active |
| US7364673B2 | Widely wavelength tuneable polychrome colloidal photonic crystal device | Physics | 46 | Expired |
| US7364923B2 | Dressed qubits | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 44 | Active |
| US7826131B2 | Tunable photonic crystal device | Physics | 43 | Active |
| US4137750A | Method and apparatus for analyzing trace components using a gas curtain | Electricity | 36 | Expired |
| US7018852B2 | Methods for single qubit gate teleportation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 35 | Expired |
| US8933841B2 | System and method for localization | Electricity | 35 | Active |
| US9594056B2 | Printed digital microfluidic devices methods of use and manufacture thereof | Performing Operations; Transporting | 35 | Active |
| US8888969B2 | Nanostructured microelectrodes and biosensing devices incorporating the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 33 | Active |
| US6027666A | Fast luminescent silicon | Electricity | 33 | Expired |
| US10481162B2 | Protein sequencing method and reagents | Physics | 32 | Active |
| US9476811B2 | Digital microfluidic devices and methods incorporating a solid phase | Performing Operations; Transporting | 32 | Active |
| US4121099A | Method and apparatus for focussing and declustering trace ions | Electricity | 31 | Expired |
| US4235792A | Immunological materials | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 30 | Expired |
| US9190053B2 | System and method for applying a convolutional neural network to speech recognition | Physics | 29 | Active |
| US9250969B2 | Tagging a copy of memory of a virtual machine with information for fetching of relevant portions of the memory | Physics | 28 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.