UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
384Patents
32Active
384Granted
45Portfolio score
Filing activity: Dec 16, 1976 → Jul 14, 2020 · 21 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4484579A | Commissurotomy catheter apparatus and method | Human Necessities | 349 | Expired |
| US7084605B2 | Energy harvesting circuit | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 286 | Expired |
| US5041992A | Interactive method of developing software interfaces | Physics | 247 | Expired |
| US5478745A | Recombinant viral vector system | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 246 | Expired |
| US5795587A | Stable lipid-comprising drug delivery complexes and methods for their production | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 240 | Expired |
| US5854078A | Polymerized crystalline colloidal array sensor methods | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 239 | Expired |
| US6015272A | Magnetically suspended miniature fluid pump and method of designing the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 232 | Expired |
| US6447266B2 | Blood pump having a magnetically suspended rotor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 226 | Expired |
| US6165486A | Biocompatible compositions and methods of using same | Human Necessities | 207 | Expired |
| US6599247B1 | System and method for location-merging of real-time tomographic slice images with human vision | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 200 | Expired |
| US4553272A | Regeneration of living tissues by growth of isolated cells in porous implant and product thereof | Human Necessities | 196 | Expired |
| US6143293A | Assembled scaffolds for three dimensional cell culturing and tissue generation | Human Necessities | 193 | Expired |
| US6447265B1 | Magnetically suspended miniature fluid pump and method of designing the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 183 | Expired |
| US6316247A | System and method for refining liposuctioned adipose tissue | Human Necessities | 178 | Expired |
| US5786207A | Tissue dissociating system and method | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 162 | Expired |
| US7358869B1 | Power efficient, high bandwidth communication using multi-signal-differential channels | Electricity | 161 | Active |
| US6905733B2 | Irreversible immobilization of enzymes into polyurethane coatings | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 153 | Expired |
| US4747826A | Rapid venous infusion system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 150 | Expired |
| US5627907A | Computerized detection of masses and microcalcifications in digital mammograms | Physics | 139 | Expired |
| US6008010A | Method and apparatus for holding cells | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 137 | Expired |
| US6638749B1 | Carbon dioxide soluble surfactant having two fluoroether CO2-philic tail groups and a head group | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 134 | Expired |
| US6204059A | AAV capsid vehicles for molecular transfer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 125 | Expired |
| US4179100A | Radiography apparatus | Human Necessities | 111 | Expired |
| US6187599A | Polymerized crystalline colloidal arrays | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 105 | Expired |
| US6943484B2 | Tunable piezoelectric micro-mechanical resonator | Electricity | 101 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.