Rüdiger Funk
100Patents
13h-index
87Co-inventors
89Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 6, 1992 → Jul 20, 2018
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6472478B1 | Process for crosslinking hydrogels with bis- and poly-2- oxazolidinones | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 176 | Expired |
| US5331059A | Hydrophilic, highly swellable hydrogels | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 171 | Expired |
| US6503979B1 | Method for cross-linking hydrogels with bis- and poly-2-oxazolidinones | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 145 | Expired |
| US7199211B2 | (Meth)acrylic esters of polyalkoxylated trimethylolpropane | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 120 | Expired |
| US5973014A | Process for the preparation of porous, hydrophilic, highly swellable hydrogels | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 71 | Expired |
| US5731365A | Hydrophilic, highly swellable hydrogels | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 60 | Expired |
| US6297335A | Crosslinked, hydrophilic, highly swellable hydrogels, production thereof and use thereof | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 46 | Expired |
| US5279757A | Stable peroxycarboxylic acid granule comprising an imidoperoxycarboxylic acid or salt thereof | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 31 | Expired |
| US6602950B1 | Hydrophilic hydrogels with a high swelling capacity and method for producing and using them | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 27 | Expired |
| US5684104A | Water-swellable hydrophilic polymers | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 20 | Expired |
| US7259212B2 | (Meth)acrylic esters of polyalkoxylated trimethylolpropane | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 20 | Expired |
| US7405321B2 | (Meth)acrylic ester of alkenylene glycols and the use thereof | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 17 | Expired |
| US7144957B2 | Polymer mixture of hydrogels with different pH value | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US7910675B2 | Method for producing water-absorbing polymer particles | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Active |
| US6107432A | Water-swellable, hydrophilic polymer compositions | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 12 | Expired |
| US8124229B2 | Method for producing water-absorbent polymer particles with a higher permeability by polymerising droplets of a monomer solution | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Active |
| US5258448A | Absorbent polymers, manufacturing process and their use in particular for sanitary articles | Human Necessities | 12 | Expired |
| US6703431B2 | Flexible open-celled microcellular polymer foams | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 12 | Expired |
| US7132479B2 | Polymer mixtures with improved odor control | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Expired |
| US9480968B2 | Fluid-absorbent articles | Human Necessities | 9 | Active |
| US7960490B2 | Process for preparing color-stable water-absorbing polymer particles with a low degree of neutralization | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 8 | Active |
| US8669410B2 | Fluid-absorbent articles | Human Necessities | 8 | Active |
| US8389658B2 | Method for producing post-cured water-absorbent polymer particles with a higher absorption by polymerizing droplets of a monomer solution | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Active |
| US7220821B2 | Process for the reduction of the residual monomer content of water-absorbent foam | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Expired |
| US8895800B2 | Fluid absorbent articles | Human Necessities | 6 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.