Patent assignee · CA · UNIVERSITY

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

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.