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1990199119921993199419951996199719981999Top patents · 36 ranked by influence
1990 — 1999US 5585089 · 1996 · Protein Design Labs Inc
How Scientists Create Human-Friendly Antibodies for Medicine
US 4965188 · 1990 · Cetus Corp
How to Make Many Copies of a DNA Piece with Heat
US 5960411 · 1999 · Amazon com Inc
How Amazon's One-Click Ordering Works for Online Purchases
US 5825352 · 1998 · Logitech Inc
Logitech's Method for Using Two Fingers on a Touchpad
US 5210015 · 1993 · Hoffmann La Roche Inc
How an Enzyme Helps Find Specific DNA in a Sample
US 5774660 · 1998 · Resonate Inc
How Load Balancers Route Web Traffic Based on Specific Content
US 5639476 · 1997 · Euro Celtique SA
How to Make Pill Coatings That Keep Medicine Stable Over Time
US 5966126 · 1999
How to Build Complex Database Searches Using Venn Diagrams
US 5347632 · 1994 · Prodigy Services Co
Prodigy's System for Interactive Online Information and Shopping
US 5121329 · 1992 · Stratasys Inc
How Machines Build 3D Objects Layer by Layer from Melting Plastic
US 5471515 · 1995 · California Institute of Technology
How a Modern Camera Sensor Captures Light and Converts It to Data
US 5838906 · 1998 · University of California San Diego UCSD
How Web Browsers Run Embedded Programs Inside Documents
US 5521184 · 1996 · Ciba Geigy Corp
New Pyrimidine Chemical Compounds for Treating Tumors
US 5673322 · 1997 · Bell Communications Research Inc
How Early Mobile Devices Accessed the Internet Using Split Proxies
US 5273995 · 1993 · Warner Lambert Co LLC
How a Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Molecule Was Patented
US 5961804 · 1999 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tiny Capsules for Electronic Paper Displays
US 5774670 · 1998 · Netscape Communications Corp
How Websites Remember You Using Stored Data
US 5455030 · 1995 · Enzon Labs Inc
How to Build Smaller, Synthetic Antibody-Like Molecules for Medicine
US 5657390 · 1997 · Netscape Communications Corp
How Netscape Created the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) for Web Security
US 5325765 · 1994 · Keurig Inc
How Keurig's Original Single-Serve Coffee Pod System Works
US 5903495 · 1999 · Toshiba Corp
How Multi-Level Cell Memory Stores More Data in Less Space
US 5946647 · 1999 · Apple Computer Inc
How Computers Automatically Detect and Act on Data Like Phone Numbers
US 5191573 · 1993
How Digital Media Purchases and Downloads Work
US 5303388 · 1994 · Apple Computer Inc
How 3D Icons Rotate to Show More Information
US 5563422 · 1996 · Nichia Chemical Industries Ltd
How Nichia Created the First Practical Blue LED Electrodes
US 5726435 · 1998 · Toyota Central R&D Labs Inc
How the QR Code Works
US 5440632 · 1995 · Scientific Atlanta LLC
How Cable Boxes Download Software Updates Remotely
US 5559942 · 1996 · Apple Computer Inc
How Digital Sticky Notes Work Inside Computer Programs
US 5595721 · 1997 · Coulter Pharmaceutical Inc
Using Radioactive Antibodies to Treat B-Cell Lymphoma
US 5199424 · 1993
How CPAP Machines Gradually Increase Air Pressure for Sleeping Patients
US 5920821 · 1999 · Bell Atlantic Network Services Inc
How Phones Automatically Find and Update Network Lists Using CDPD
US 5639606 · 1997 · University of Rochester
How to Measure Gene Activity Using Competitive PCR Kits
US 5075216 · 1991 · Cetus Corp
Using Heat-Resistant Enzymes to Read DNA Sequences Faster
US 5682513 · 1997 · International Business Machines Corp
How IBM's Storage Controllers Keep Data Backups in the Right Order
US 5920316 · 1999 · Microsoft Corp
How the Windows Taskbar Manages Open Programs
US 5176995 · 1993 · Hoffmann La Roche Inc