Conductive MOF Electrode Patents: Who Leads, Trends 2026
Conductive MOF electrode patents: who is filing, what they claim, and where the field is still open
Filing nearly quadrupled between 2021 and 2024, rising from 3 to 12 records a year (+300%), with 2024 the peak year so far in a corpus of 63 records. Annual filings rose from 7 in 2017 to a peak of 12 in 2024. The 2021-to-2024 span alone shows filings tripling plus, from 3 to 12 records (+300%). Years after 2024 are still filling in under publication lag and should not be read as a slowdown.
- 1NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA LLC8
- 2INDIAN INST OF TECH BANARAS HINDU UNIV VARANASI5
- 3KING ABDULLAH UNIV OF SCI & TECH4
- 4UCHICAGO ARGONNE LLC4
- 5KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS4
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Common questions on conductive MOF electrode patents
Who holds the most patents on conductive MOF electrodes?
Across the 63 records in scope, the leading assignee holds 8 records, roughly double the count held by the fifth-ranked assignee at 4. The ranking covers 34 assignees in total, and the top 10 combined account for 63.5% of all records, so while there is a defined leading group, the field is not dominated by a single company. Much of the leadership comes from national labs and universities rather than commercial battery or capacitor manufacturers.
Is filing activity in conductive MOF electrodes growing or slowing down?
Filing grew sharply between 2021 and 2024, from 3 to 12 records a year, a rise of 300% over that span, with 2024 the peak year recorded so far. Data for 2025 and 2026 appears lower, but that reflects publication lag of roughly 18 months rather than a genuine drop in filing activity. Read the trend through 2024 as the most reliable recent signal.
What does US20150180045A1 actually cover?
US20150180045A1, assigned to UChicago Argonne, LLC, claims a method of converting a platinum-group-metal-free metal-organic framework — built from a transition metal, an organic ligand and an organic solvent — into a nitrogen-containing electrode catalyst through high-temperature thermal treatment. The claims cover partial replacement of the organic solvent with a nitrogen-containing solvent, organometallic compound or transition metal salt to boost catalytic performance. It is one of the most-cited records in this corpus, with 85 citations recorded, and its earlier-filed counterpart US20120077667A1 carries 117, making both central references for anyone working on MOF-derived, non-platinum electrocatalysts for fuel cells.
Disclaimer. This analysis is based on Patsnap Eureka data drawn from a limited snapshot of global patent records and is provided for general information and reference only. Patent data carries inherent limitations — recent filings are under-counted because of publication lag, counts may be on a record or family basis, classification and applicant-name data may contain errors or duplicates, and the underlying search query defines the scope shown — so the analysis may be incomplete or inaccurate and may not reflect the full technology landscape.
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Method: Filing trend and technology composition. Derived from a Patsnap search on Porous Materials & MOFs — Conductive MOF Electrodes Patent Landscape covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish. Every share divides by all records in scope. Data: Patsnap Eureka. See the full landscape report.