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RESEARCH FRONTIERS INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    363
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    54,379
  • Filing trend
    ⇩ 100.0%
About

RESEARCH FRONTIERS INC has a total of 363 patent applications. It decreased the IP activity by 100.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1970. It filed its patents most often in United States, EPO (European Patent Office) and Australia. Its main competitors in its focus markets optics, surface technology and coating and civil engineering are ISHIYAMA SEISAKUSHO KK, SANRITZ CORP and SUN ACTIVE GLASS ELECTROCHROM.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing RESEARCH FRONTIERS INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Saxe Robert L 182
#2 Slovak Steven M 129
#3 Wang Dongyan 37
#4 Chakrapani Srinivasan 35
#5 Thompson Robert I 33
#6 Van Voorhees Seth 30
#7 Chen Xiao-Ping 27
#8 Forlini Matthew 27
#9 Fanning Barry 20
#10 Check Joseph A Iii 18

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US2017322346A1 Light valve films laminated between thin glass and plastic substrates
US2016282645A1 Laminated glazings with improved moisture protection
US2016252901A1 Control system for SPD device and home automation
US2014320950A1 Method and device for protecting objects from degradation by light with suspended particle device light valves
KR20140108729A Spd films with darker off-state transmittances and lighter on-state transmittances
WO2013165498A1 Spd films formed with conductive polymer-coated substrates
AU2011279272A1 SPD films and light valve laminates with improved durability
EP2494855A1 Spd films and light valve laminates with improved bus-bar connections
AU2010279364A1 Energy efficient fenestration product with suspended particle device
AU2008331875A1 SPD films and light valves incorporating overcoatings
US2007195401A1 SPD light valves incorporating films comprising improved matrix polymers and methods for making such matrix polymers
US2007006968A1 Materials and methods for improving properties of SPD emulsions and films
US2006158805A1 Methods and circuits for distributing power to SPD loads
EP1735156A2 Methods for laminating films for spd light valves and spd light valves incorporating such laminated films
US2004257634A1 Siloxane matrix polymers and SPD light valve films incorporating same
US2004201001A1 Suspended particle device light valve film
US2004165251A1 Method and device for controlling voltage provided to a suspended particle device
US2003107797A1 Anisometrically shaped carbon and/or graphite particles, liquid suspensions and films thereof and light valves comprising same
US6606185B2 SPD films and light valves comprising liquid suspensions of heat-reflective particles of mixed metal oxides and methods of making such particles
US6522446B2 Anisometrically shaped metal particles, liquid suspensions and films thereof and light valves comprising same