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1980198119821983198419851986198719881989Top patents · 36 ranked by influence
1980 — 1989US 4816567 · 1989 · Genentech Inc
Making Hybrid Antibodies from Different Animals
US 4683202 · 1987 · Cetus Corp
How to Make Many Copies of a Specific DNA Segment
US 4683195 · 1987 · Cetus Corp
How to Make Billions of Copies of a DNA Segment
US 4733665 · 1988 · Expandable Grafts Partnership
How Doctors Implant a Permanent Stent Using a Balloon
US 4522811 · 1985 · Syntex USA LLC
Boosting Anti-Infective Activity with Muramyldipeptides and Liposomes
US 4235871 · 1980
How to Encapsulate Active Materials in Lipid Bubbles Efficiently
US 4723129 · 1988 · Canon Inc
How Canon's Bubble Jet Printers Make Ink Droplets
US 4376110 · 1983 · Hybritech Inc
How Two Special Antibodies Find Substances in Body Fluids
US 4575330 · 1986 · UVP Inc
How 3D Printers Build Objects Layer by Layer from Liquid
US 4356429 · 1982 · Eastman Kodak Co
How Organic Diodes Make Light Using Special Molecules
US 4405829 · 1983 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
How RSA Public-Key Encryption Keeps Digital Messages Secret
US 4200770 · 1980 · Leland Stanford Junior University
How to Create a Secret Code Key Without Meeting First
US 4736866 · 1988 · Harvard University
Mice Engineered to Develop Cancer for Research
US 4528643 · 1985 · FPDC Inc
How Stores Make Custom Products On-Demand with Remote Approval
US 4231938 · 1980 · Merck and Co Inc
The Discovery of Lovastatin for Lowering Cholesterol
US 4665913 · 1987 · LRI LP
How Lasers Correct Vision by Reshaping the Eye's Front Surface
US 4558302 · 1985 · Sperry Corp
How Computers Compress Data Using Dictionary Building
US 4703008 · 1987 · Kirin Amgen Inc
How to Make Human Erythropoietin (EPO) Using Engineered DNA
US 4237224 · 1980 · Leland Stanford Junior University
How Scientists First Made DNA Replicate in New Cells
US 4727064 · 1988 · US Department of Health and Human Services
How Special Sugars Make Medicines Dissolve Better
US 4681893 · 1987 · Warner Lambert Co LLC
The Chemical Formula for Atorvastatin, the Active Ingredient in Lipitor
US 4490728 · 1984 · Hewlett Packard Co
How Thermal Inkjet Printers Use Two-Step Heating to Shoot Ink
US 4683194 · 1987 · Cetus Corp
Detecting Genetic Differences Using DNA Probes and Enzymes
US 4558176 · 1985
How Computers Use Hardware to Stop Software Piracy and Cracking
US 4195637 · 1980 · Schneider Medintag AG
Catheter System for Opening and Closing Body Passages
US 4267420 · 1981 · General Mills Inc
How Microwave Crisping Sleeves Work
US 4660166 · 1987 · California Institute of Technology
How Hopfield Networks Use Resistors to Mimic Brain-Like Memory
US 4687200 · 1987 · Nintendo Co Ltd
How the Nintendo D-Pad Works
US 4302518 · 1981
How Lithium-Cobalt Battery Cathodes Were Invented
US 4356270 · 1982 · Genentech Inc
How Scientists Taught Bacteria to Make Human Hormones
US 4677614 · 1987 · Process Systems Inc
How Self-Healing Data Loops Automatically Elect a New Master Controller
US 4756529 · 1988 · OddzOn Products Inc
How the Koosh Ball's Design Makes It Easy to Catch
US 4669140 · 1987
Interchangeable Blades for Folding Pocket Tools
US 4492385 · 1985
How Modern Rollerblades Became Adjustable and Interchangeable
US 4549302 · 1985 · Hayes Microcomputer Products Inc
How Modems Use Guard Time to Switch Between Data and Commands
US 4357215 · 1982