Conductive MOF Electrode Patents: Who Leads, Trends 2026
- 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.
- The top 5 assignees hold 39.7% of all 63 records, and the top 10 hold 63.5% — a concentrated core with a long tail of single- or few-filing entrants behind it.
- Battery and capacitor classes (H01M, H01G) outrank pure MOF chemistry classes, signalling that most filers are claiming devices built on MOF electrodes, not the framework synthesis itself.
Filing growth compares 2021 (3 records) with 2024 (12) — a three-year span. 2024 is the most recent year we treat as complete: publication lags filing by roughly 18 months, so 2025 onwards are still filling in and any growth rate that ends there would understate the field. Top-5 share is the combined record count of the five largest assignees divided by all 63 records in scope (CR5), not by the ranked leaders only.
What this landscape covers
Conductive metal-organic framework (MOF) electrodes sit at the intersection of porous coordination chemistry and electrochemical device engineering. The search scope combines MOF and porous-coordination-polymer terminology with electrode-specific language, which is why the resulting 63 records skew toward applied device claims — batteries, capacitors, catalysts, sensors — rather than framework synthesis alone. Filing has been active but modest in absolute volume, concentrated among a handful of research-heavy assignees.
Because publication lags filing by roughly 18 months, the most recent years in the trend understate real activity; 2024 is the last year that can be read as a complete picture, and it is also the highest-filing year recorded so far.
Filing trend and technology composition
Two views of the same 63 records: how filing volume moved year over year, and which IPC subclasses the claims actually sit in.
Filing trend, 2017–2026
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.
IPC subclass distribution
C07F (organo-metallic and non-carbon compounds) leads at 34.9% of the 63 records, closely followed by H01M batteries and cells at 31.7% and H01G capacitors at 27.0%. G01N material analysis and testing appears in 25.4% of records, well ahead of polymer-composition classes C08G, C25B and C08L, each in the 9–11% range. Because records can carry multiple classes, these shares sum to more than 100%.
Shares are the percentage of the 63 records in scope. A patent can carry several IPC classes, so the shares add up to more than 100%.
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US20150180045A1 — Non-platinum group metal electrocatalysts using metal organic framework materials and method of preparation
A method of preparing a nitrogen containing electrode catalyst by converting a high surface area metal-organic framework (MOF) material free of platinum group metals — built from a transition metal, an organic ligand and an organic solvent — via high temperature thermal treatment to form catalytic active sites in the MOF. Part of the organic solvent may be replaced with a nitrogen-containing organic solvent, an organometallic compound or a transition metal salt to enhance catalytic performance. The resulting catalysts are described for use in electrochemical systems including alkaline fuel cells.Filed by UChicago Argonne, LLC; published 2015-06-25.
| # | Publication no. | Patent title | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US20120077667A1 | Non-platinum group metal electrocatalysts using metal organic framework materials and method of preparation | 117 |
| 2 | US20150180045A1 | Non-platinum group metal electrocatalysts using metal organic framework materials and method of preparation | 85 |
| 3 | US20200291045A1 | Conductivity enhancement of mofs via development of mofpolymer composite material | 47 |
| 4 | CN105845458A | 一种石墨烯活化金属有机骨架电极材料及其制备和应用 | 38 |
| 5 | US20180011010A1 | Sensor devices comprising a metal-organic framework material and methods of making and using the same | 31 |
| 6 | US20180053968A1 | Metal-organic framework electrodes for sodium ion batteries | 26 |
| 7 | US8835343B2 | Non-platinum group metal electrocatalysts using metal organic framework materials and method of preparation | 20 |
| 8 | US20210122775A1 | 2d electrochromic metal-organic-frameworks | 15 |
| 9 | CN109364995A | 高分散石墨烯/Fe基金属有机骨架复合材料电化学传感器的制备方法及应用 | 10 |
| 10 | CN112820867A | 一种Zn基MOF电极材料包覆三元正极材料的制备方法 | 9 |
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Three read-throughs from the concentration, growth and receiving-office figures above.
Momentum is real but the base is small
Filings rose from 3 to 12 records between 2021 and 2024, a genuine acceleration, but the absolute volume (63 records total) is still small next to mainstream battery-materials fields. This is a window where a well-drafted claim can still establish priority ahead of the crowd, rather than fighting through years of dense prior art.
A defined core, then a long tail
The top 5 of 34 ranked assignees hold 39.7% of all 63 records, and the top 10 hold 63.5%. That leaves more than a third of the field split across single- and few-filing entrants — academic labs and smaller companies staking narrow claims rather than building portfolios.
Filing is US-anchored, with China as the clear second market
The United States receives 35 filings, more than any other office tracked, with China at 18 and India and WIPO/PCT each at 5. A freedom-to-operate check anchored on US and Chinese filings will cover the large majority of this corpus.
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Assignee landscape
The ranking covers 34 assignees across the 63 records in scope — not a top-50 or top-100 list, but the whole set the data endpoint returns. A national lab and a cluster of universities anchor the top of the table, with the leader holding 8 records and filings thinning quickly by fifth and tenth place.
A national-lab-led core
The leading assignee holds 8 of the 63 records in scope, roughly double the fifth-place count of 4. This is a research-institution-led field rather than one dominated by a single commercial portfolio holder.
Fragmented beyond the top 10
Past the top 10 (63.5% of records), the remaining assignees each hold only one or two records. Co-assignment is rare — only 2 co-assignee pairs appear in the whole corpus — meaning most work here is filed solo rather than through joint ventures.
Recent-year filing has gone quiet for early leaders
Several of the assignees that built the early portfolio, including academic and national-lab filers, show 0 records in the latest year, with year-on-year drops of -100% where prior-year activity existed. Given publication lag, this may reflect filings still working through the pipeline rather than an actual exit from the space.
| Assignee | Recent year | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC | 0 | — |
| INDIAN INST OF TECH BANARAS HINDU UNIV VARANASI | 0 | -100% |
| King Abdullah University of Science and Technology | 0 | — |
| Northwestern University | 0 | -100% |
| King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals | 0 | — |
| UChicago Argonne, LLC | 0 | — |
| Trustees of Boston University | 0 | — |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | 0 | — |
Where to take this
The dataset points to specific next steps rather than a generic call to keep watching the field.
Map the white space claims in detail
Sub-areas like MOF-polymer composite conductivity and sensor-integrated electrodes show thin coverage relative to the battery and capacitor core. A claim there faces less prior art density.
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2024 is the highest-filing year on record and the last one not distorted by publication lag. The next 12–18 months of publications will show whether that peak was a spike or a new baseline.
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The most-cited records, including the UChicago Argonne electrocatalyst filings, sit at the centre of citation activity in this corpus and are the first stop for any clearance search.
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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.
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.
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.
Batteries and cells (H01M) appear in 31.7% of the 63 records and capacitors (H01G) in 27.0%, ahead of the base organo-metallic chemistry class C07F at 34.9%. Material analysis and testing (G01N) shows up in 25.4% of records, reflecting how much of this field is characterisation-driven. Because a single record can carry several IPC classes, these figures are not mutually exclusive and add up to more than the total record count.
Classes tied to polymer composites and electrolytic production, such as C08G, C25B and C08L, each cover only 9-11% of the 63 records, well behind the battery and capacitor core. That gap suggests MOF-polymer composite conductivity tuning, sensor-integrated electrode designs and electrolytic MOF production routes carry lighter prior-art density than mainstream battery-electrode claims. First movers drafting claims in those specific sub-areas face less crowded claim space than in the H01M/H01G core.
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