Who owns the IP
The organizations most actively patenting around this compound, ranked by referenced patent volume.
| # | Assignee | Patents |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sekisui Chemical Co Ltd | 686 |
| 2 | Fujifilm Holdings Corp | 144 |
| 3 | Dow Inc | 118 |
| 4 | 10X Genomics Inc | 116 |
| 5 | BASF SE | 114 |
| 6 | Procter and Gamble Co | 98 |
| 7 | China Petrochemical Corp | 78 |
| 8 | Exxon Mobil Corp | 77 |
| 9 | Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co Inc | 69 |
| 10 | MKS Instruments Inc | 66 |
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Patent classifications ranked by volume reveal the technical domains with the most active filing.
| # | Code | Area | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A61K | Medicinal preparations | 1,507 |
| 2 | A61P | Therapeutic activity (drug indications) | 1,281 |
| 3 | B01J | Chemical/physical processes (e.g. catalysts) | 1,071 |
| 4 | C12N | Microorganisms, enzymes | 985 |
| 5 | C07C | Acyclic and carbocyclic compounds | 974 |
| 6 | C02F | 966 | |
| 7 | Y02P | Climate change mitigation: production | 820 |
| 8 | Y02E | Climate change mitigation: energy | 790 |
| 9 | C01B | Non-metallic elements; hydrogen; oxides | 718 |
| 10 | C08L | Polymer compositions (blends) | 662 |
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The filings that best characterise the patent activity around this compound, most-referenced first.
| Title | Year | Assignee | Cited by |
|---|---|---|---|
| A kind of preparation method of carbonitride/selenic acid bismuth composite material and application | 2018 | 12 | |
| A kind of new preparation process of selenic acid polysaccharide | 2009 | 12 | |
| SELENIC ACID REDUCING BACTERIA AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT | 1998 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd | 12 |
| A method of recycling valuable metal from selenic acid mud | 2018 | 9 | |
| MICROBIAL TREATMENT METHOD OF WASTEWATER CONTAINING SELENIC ACID COMPOUND | 2007 | 9 |
How research activity has moved
Papers published per year for this compound, over the last decade of indexed records.
| Year | Papers |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 35 |
| 2017 | 32 |
| 2018 | 38 |
| 2019 | 44 |
| 2020 | 38 |
| 2021 | 39 |
| 2022 | 43 |
| 2023 | 27 |
| 2024 | 23 |
| 2025 | 4 |
Who's driving the science
The most-published authors working with this compound, alongside their primary affiliations.
| # | Author | Affiliation | Papers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Terence J. O’Brien | The University of Melbourne | 13 |
| 2 | Dongli Liang | Northwest A&F University | 7 |
| 3 | Vinícius Martins Silva | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) | 6 |
| 4 | Huafen Li | China Agricultural University | 6 |
| 5 | Mengke Wang | Northwest A&F University | 6 |
| 6 | Jianhua Guo | The University of Queensland | 5 |
| 7 | Charles B. Malpas | The University of Melbourne | 5 |
| 8 | Masashi Kuroda | The University of Osaka | 5 |
| 9 | Szilvia Veres | University of Debrecen | 5 |
| 10 | Jung-Chen Huang | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The importance of selenium to human health | 2000 | 4157 | Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity |
| Selenium and human health | 2012 | 3498 | Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity |
| Selenium protects sorghum leaves from oxidative damage under high temperature stress by enhancing antioxidant defense system | 2010 | 548 | Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance |
| Plants, selenium and human health | 2003 | 481 | Selenium in Biological Systems |
| Selenate‐resistant mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana identify Sultr1;2, a sulfate transporter required for efficient transport of sulfate into roots | 2002 | 431 | Selenium in Biological Systems |
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