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The Trustees of Boston College

111Patents
87Active
111Granted
57Portfolio score

Filing activity: Oct 9, 1991 → Feb 28, 2023 · 23 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

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US6958216B2 DNA-bridged carbon nanotube arrays Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 174 Expired
US6921735B2 Recyclable metathesis catalysts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 81 Expired
US7157068B2 Varied morphology carbon nanotubes and method for their manufacture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 74 Expired
US7147966B2 Coated carbon nanotube array electrodes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 57 Expired
US7442284B2 Coated carbon nanotube array electrodes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 55 Active
US7649665B2 Apparatus and methods for optical switching using nanoscale optics Physics 47 Active
US7589880B2 Apparatus and methods for manipulating light using nanoscale cometal structures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Active
US7465871B2 Nanocomposites with high thermoelectric figures of merit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US6887365B2 Nanotube cantilever probes for nanoscale magnetic microscopy Physics 22 Expired
US7754964B2 Apparatus and methods for solar energy conversion using nanocoax structures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Active
US7452452B2 Carbon nanotube nanoelectrode arrays Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Active
US7943847B2 Apparatus and methods for solar energy conversion using nanoscale cometal structures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Active
US7294417B2 Metal oxide nanostructures with hierarchical morphology Chemistry; Metallurgy 20 Expired
US6911260B2 Reinforced carbon nanotubes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US9079173B2 Highly Z-selective olefins metathesis Chemistry; Metallurgy 20 Active
US8598400B2 Efficient methods for Z- or cis-selective cross-metathesis Chemistry; Metallurgy 19 Active
US7741033B2 Electrocatalytic nucleic acid hybridization detection Physics 18 Active
US7634162B2 Apparatus and methods for nanolithography using nanoscale optics Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Active
US9073801B2 Z-selective ring-closing metathesis reactions Performing Operations; Transporting 17 Active
US8362311B2 Highly Z-selective olefins metathesis Chemistry; Metallurgy 17 Active
US8222469B2 Catalysts and processes for the formation of terminal olefins by ethenolysis Chemistry; Metallurgy 16 Active
US7361470B2 Electrocatalytic nucleic acid hybridization detection Chemistry; Metallurgy 15 Expired
US7255846B2 Methods for synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals and thermoelectric compositions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US8546500B2 Complexes for use in metathesis reactions Chemistry; Metallurgy 14 Active
US9133245B2 Cyclic lactadherin peptide mimetics and their uses Physics 14 Active

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