Who owns the IP
The organizations most actively patenting around this compound, ranked by referenced patent volume.
| # | Assignee | Patents |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric Co | 3,547 |
| 2 | BASF SE | 2,464 |
| 3 | China Petrochemical Corp | 2,110 |
| 4 | Nippon Steel Corp | 2,015 |
| 5 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 1,953 |
| 6 | Siemens AG | 1,778 |
| 7 | JFE Holdings Inc | 1,677 |
| 8 | International Business Machines Corp | 1,631 |
| 9 | Corteva Inc | 1,568 |
| 10 | Posco Holdings Inc | 1,478 |
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Patent classifications ranked by volume reveal the technical domains with the most active filing.
| # | Code | Area | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C22C | 57,711 | |
| 2 | C23C | 41,482 | |
| 3 | Y02P | Climate change mitigation: production | 33,380 |
| 4 | Y10T | Cross-reference (technical subjects) | 31,874 |
| 5 | B01J | Chemical/physical processes (e.g. catalysts) | 30,533 |
| 6 | Y02E | Climate change mitigation: energy | 28,698 |
| 7 | C07C | Acyclic and carbocyclic compounds | 21,421 |
| 8 | H01L | Semiconductor devices | 19,062 |
| 9 | C21D | 18,214 | |
| 10 | H01M | Batteries and accumulators | 15,771 |
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See Cypris in actionRepresentative patents
The filings that best characterise the patent activity around this compound, most-referenced first.
| Title | Year | Assignee | Cited by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cobalt-chromium-molybdenum alloy stent and stent-graft | 1999 | Boston Scientific Corp | 693 |
| TITANIUM ALLOY BLADE COUPLER COATED WITH NICKEL-CHROME FOR ULTRASONIC SCALPEL | 1992 | Johnson and Johnson | 452 |
| ACTIVE MATRIX STRUCTURE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENTS WHEREIN EACH OF THE GATE/DATA LINES INCLUDES AT LEAST A MOLYBDENUM-BASE ALLOY LAYER CONTAINING 0.5 TO 10 WT. % OF CHROMIUM | 1992 | Koninklijke Philips NV | 297 |
| Chromium expanded smectite clay | 1984 | BP PLC | 215 |
| Chromium ribbon-like silicate clay A-olefin catalysts | 1994 | ConocoPhillips Co | 194 |
How research activity has moved
Papers published per year for this compound, over the last decade of indexed records.
| Year | Papers |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 543 |
| 2017 | 538 |
| 2018 | 630 |
| 2019 | 695 |
| 2020 | 714 |
| 2021 | 707 |
| 2022 | 895 |
| 2023 | 685 |
| 2024 | 694 |
| 2025 | 233 |
Who's driving the science
The most-published authors working with this compound, alongside their primary affiliations.
| # | Author | Affiliation | Papers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John B. Vincent | University of Alabama | 39 |
| 2 | Deborah M. Proctor | BioStrategies (United States) | 35 |
| 3 | John Pierce Wise | University of Southern Maine | 32 |
| 4 | Anatoly Zhitkovich | Brown University | 24 |
| 5 | Guang Jia | Peking University | 23 |
| 6 | Muhammad Rizwan | Government College University, Faisalabad | 22 |
| 7 | Steven R. Patierno | George Washington University | 20 |
| 8 | Shafaqat Ali | Government College University, Faisalabad | 18 |
| 9 | Xianglin Shi | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health | 18 |
| 10 | Mina Suh | BioStrategies (United States) | 16 |
Research leaders
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See Cypris in actionThe literature that defines it
The most-cited papers anchoring the scientific record for this compound.
| Title | Year | Cited by | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chromium toxicity in plants | 2005 | 2018 | Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal |
| Activated carbons and low cost adsorbents for remediation of tri- and hexavalent chromium from water | 2006 | 1845 | Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal |
| Stabilization of As, Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn in soil using amendments – A review | 2007 | 1606 | Heavy metals in environment |
| The relative impact of toxic heavy metals (THMs) (arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr)(VI), mercury (Hg), and lead (Pb)) on the total environment: an overview | 2019 | 1469 | Heavy metals in environment |
| Catalytic Reduction of Dinitrogen to Ammonia at a Single Molybdenum Center | 2003 | 1447 | Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion |
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