UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO Patent Application Trends in 2025

UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO patent applications in 2025

Top 10 Technology Areas

• A61K8/64 (Proteins; Peptides; Derivatives or degradation products thereof)
  • Count: 2 patents
  • Example: 20240115481. FRAGRANCE RELEASE MECHANISM, METHOD AND USES THEREOF (Universidade do Minho)
• A61B34/20 (Surgical navigation systems; Devices for tracking or guiding surgical instruments, e.g. for frameless stereotaxis)
  • Count: 2 patents
  • Example: 20240216010. METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REGISTRATION AND TRACKING DURING A PERCUTANEOUS PROCEDURE (UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO)
• A61B34/25 ({User interfaces for surgical systems})
  • Count: 2 patents
  • Example: 20240216010. METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REGISTRATION AND TRACKING DURING A PERCUTANEOUS PROCEDURE (UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO)
• A61B2034/2051 ({Electromagnetic tracking systems})
  • Count: 2 patents
  • Example: 20240216010. METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REGISTRATION AND TRACKING DURING A PERCUTANEOUS PROCEDURE (UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO)
• G01N33/56905 (for microorganisms, e.g. protozoa, bacteria, viruses)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240103000. AUTOMATIC DEVICE FOR NON-INVASIVE MALARIA DIAGNOSIS THROUGH OPTICAL REFLECTANCE TECHNIQUES, METHODS AND USES THEREOF (Universidade Do Minho)
• A61B5/0075 ({by spectroscopy, i.e. measuring spectra, e.g. Raman spectroscopy, infrared absorption spectroscopy ()
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240103000. AUTOMATIC DEVICE FOR NON-INVASIVE MALARIA DIAGNOSIS THROUGH OPTICAL REFLECTANCE TECHNIQUES, METHODS AND USES THEREOF (Universidade Do Minho)
• B01L3/502715 ({characterised by interfacing components, e.g. fluidic, electrical, optical or mechanical interfaces})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240103000. AUTOMATIC DEVICE FOR NON-INVASIVE MALARIA DIAGNOSIS THROUGH OPTICAL REFLECTANCE TECHNIQUES, METHODS AND USES THEREOF (Universidade Do Minho)
• G01N33/72 (INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240103000. AUTOMATIC DEVICE FOR NON-INVASIVE MALARIA DIAGNOSIS THROUGH OPTICAL REFLECTANCE TECHNIQUES, METHODS AND USES THEREOF (Universidade Do Minho)
• A61B2560/0223 (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240103000. AUTOMATIC DEVICE FOR NON-INVASIVE MALARIA DIAGNOSIS THROUGH OPTICAL REFLECTANCE TECHNIQUES, METHODS AND USES THEREOF (Universidade Do Minho)
• B01L2200/18 (CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240103000. AUTOMATIC DEVICE FOR NON-INVASIVE MALARIA DIAGNOSIS THROUGH OPTICAL REFLECTANCE TECHNIQUES, METHODS AND USES THEREOF (Universidade Do Minho)

Emerging Technology Areas

• A61B2034/2068 (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240216073. METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING AN UNCERTAINTY MAP FOR GUIDED PERCUTANEOUS PROCEDURES (UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO)
• A61B2034/2065 ({Tracking using image or pattern recognition})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240216073. METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING AN UNCERTAINTY MAP FOR GUIDED PERCUTANEOUS PROCEDURES (UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO)
• A61B2034/2063 (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240216073. METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING AN UNCERTAINTY MAP FOR GUIDED PERCUTANEOUS PROCEDURES (UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO)
• A61B2090/3782 ({using ultrasound})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240216010. METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REGISTRATION AND TRACKING DURING A PERCUTANEOUS PROCEDURE (UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO)
• A61B2034/2074 ({Divots for calibration})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240216010. METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REGISTRATION AND TRACKING DURING A PERCUTANEOUS PROCEDURE (UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO)
• A61B2034/105 ({Modelling of the patient, e.g. for ligaments or bones})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240216010. METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REGISTRATION AND TRACKING DURING A PERCUTANEOUS PROCEDURE (UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO)
• A61B90/37 (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240216010. METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REGISTRATION AND TRACKING DURING A PERCUTANEOUS PROCEDURE (UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO)
• A61B34/10 (Computer-aided planning, simulation or modelling of surgical operations)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240216010. METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REGISTRATION AND TRACKING DURING A PERCUTANEOUS PROCEDURE (UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO)
• A61B1/307 (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240216010. METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REGISTRATION AND TRACKING DURING A PERCUTANEOUS PROCEDURE (UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO)
• A61B17/3403 ({Needle locating or guiding means (guides for suture needles)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240216010. METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REGISTRATION AND TRACKING DURING A PERCUTANEOUS PROCEDURE (UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO)

Top Inventors

• Graça Maria HENRIQUES MINAS (2 patents)
• Artur Manuel CAVACO PAULO (2 patents)
• João Luís GOMES DA FONSECA (2 patents)
• João Luís ARAÚJO MARTINS VILAÇA (2 patents)
• Sandro Filipe MONTEIRO QUEIRÓS (2 patents)
• Estevão Augusto RODRIGUES DE LIMA (2 patents)
• Jorge Manuel NUNES CORREIA PINTO (2 patents)
• Susana OLIVEIRA CATARINO (1 patent)
• Vitória DA CUNHA BAPTISTA (1 patent)
• Maria Isabel MENDES VEIGA (1 patent)

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UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO Inventor States 2025 - Up to 2025