The University Of Akron

Akron, Ohio

Total Patents

297

National Rank

#51

Top Category

Chemistry & Materials

YoY Growth

11.8%

Innovation DNA

Patent activity distribution across technology categories

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Patent Activity by Year

23

2018

45

2019

33

2020

36

2021

18

2022

17

2023

19

2024

9

2025

Technology Categories

Category	Patents	Share
chemistry & materials	94	47.0%
electronics & semiconductors	33	16.5%
biotech & life sciences	28	14.0%
software & computing	22	11.0%
mechanical & manufacturing	17	8.5%
textiles	4	2.0%
mechanical engineering	2	1.0%

Sample Patents

Producing algal biomass and products from organic solid material

2018-06-19 US10000402 ↗

Electromagnetic processing line

2018-06-26 US10005247 ↗

Polyisobutylenes and process for making same

2018-06-26 US10005852 ↗

Fast auto-balancing AC bridge

2018-07-03 US10013015 ↗

Functional biodegradable polymers

2018-07-17 US10023689 ↗

Apparatus and method for electrospinning a Nanofiber coating on surfaces of poorly conductive three-dimensional objects

2018-07-24 US10029029 ↗

Modified soybean oil-extended SBR compounds and vulcanizates filled with carbon black

2018-07-31 US10035903 ↗

Photodetector utilizing quantum dots and perovskite hybrids as light harvesters

2018-07-31 US10038156 ↗

Apparatus and method for analyzing samples with NMR

2018-08-07 US10042014 ↗

Dextran-peptide hybrid for efficient gene delivery

2018-08-28 US10058620 ↗

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