F03G 7/0121
Electroactive polymers
Official title: {Electroactive polymers}
F03G7/0121 (Electroactive polymers) appears on 202 US grants and 228 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F03G- Granted patents
- 202
- Published applications
- 228
- Assignees
- 127
- Inventors
- 493
- Latest grant
- 30 Dec 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 8 |
| 2007 | 3 | 14 |
| 2008 | 5 | 9 |
| 2009 | 5 | 9 |
| 2010 | 11 | 14 |
| 2011 | 17 | 23 |
| 2012 | 15 | 21 |
| 2013 | 20 | 18 |
| 2014 | 5 | 9 |
| 2015 | 16 | 12 |
| 2016 | 9 | 4 |
| 2017 | 8 | 7 |
| 2018 | 8 | 15 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13 |
| 2020 | 11 | 8 |
| 2021 | 12 | 13 |
| 2022 | 10 | 9 |
| 2023 | 7 | 11 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 17 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Compact actuators, electrically programmable microscale surface oxide memory actuators and related robotic devices30 Dec 2025US 12,508,702 B2Cornell University
- Soft actuator having cooler, wearable robot having the same, massage device having the same, and method for controlling the same9 Dec 2025US 12,491,626 B2Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials
- Shape memory polymer integrated cushion upholstery using artificial muscles technology7 Oct 2025US 12,434,844 B2B/E Aerospace, Inc.
- Actuator for generating compound curvature23 Sep 2025US 12,421,939 B1Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Artificial muscles comprising a partially insulated electrode pair and methods for optimizing voltage polarity conditions in the artificial muscles2 Sep 2025US 12,403,588 B2Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Medicalimagingcompatibleradiolucentactuationofarticulating roboticmusculature13 Nov 2025US 2025/0345138 A1
- Electroactive-gel-based shape transformation module and assembly2 Oct 2025US 2025/0305487 A1Seoul National University R&Db Foundation
- Actuator comprising electrically conductive porous material2 Oct 2025US 2025/0305488 A1HydroGraph Clean Power Inc.
- Actuator comprising electrically conductive porous material14 Aug 2025US 2025/0257720 A1HydroGraph Clean Power Inc.
- Artificial cilium and arrays thereof28 Nov 2024US 2024/0392758 A1Cornell University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Conducting polymer actuator1,732US 6,249,076 B1Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2001
- Electronically activated capture device1,383US 7,063,671 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · 2006
- Soft actuators and artificial muscles184US 6,109,852 AUniversity of New Mexico · 2000
- Actuators using double-layer charging of high surface area materials139US 6,555,945 B1AlliedSignal Inc. · 2003
- Fluidic lens with reduced optical aberration136US 8,605,361 B2Holochip Corporation · 2013