{"id":1788,"date":"2025-12-16T18:53:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/xinzhang-lab\/?page_id=1788"},"modified":"2026-07-03T18:08:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T22:08:47","slug":"patents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/xinzhang-lab\/publications\/patents\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Principal Patents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"line-height:0; margin:-12px 0 0 0; padding:0;\">\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0 4px 0; line-height:1.4;\">\n  Recent Principal Patents in <a href=\"\/xinzhang-lab\/files\/2026\/07\/Recent-Principal-Patents.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PNG<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 1.65; font-size: 17.5px; box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.75), 0 2px 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.08), 0 12px 26px rgba(0,0,0,0.10), 0 18px 40px rgba(134,142,150,0.12);\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background: #f4f6f8; border-top: 1px solid #dcdcdc; border-left:1px solid #cfcfcf;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 10px 8px 18px;\"><strong style=\"font-weight:600;\">Air-transparent selective sound silencer using ultra-open metamaterial<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #dcdcdc; border-left:1px solid #cfcfcf;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 10px 8px 18px;\">United States &#124; US10947876B2, US11846217B2, US12352190B2<br \/>\nJapan &#124; JP7607933B2, JP7778418B2<br \/>\nAustralia &#124; AU2019314515B2<br \/>\nSouth Korea &#124; KR102770784B1<br \/>\nEuropean Patent Office &#124; EP3830404B1<br \/>\nChina &#124; CN112867860B<br \/>\nCanada &#124; CA3108530A1<br \/>\nMexico &#124; MX2021001366A, MX2024009330A, MX2024009331A, MX2024009332A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f4f6f8; border-top: 1px solid #dcdcdc; border-left:1px solid #cfcfcf;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 10px 8px 18px;\"><strong style=\"font-weight:600;\">Apparatus for improving magnetic resonance imaging<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #dcdcdc; border-left:1px solid #cfcfcf;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 10px 8px 18px;\">United States &#124; US10324152B2, US10884089B2<br \/>\nJapan &#124; JP7219477B2<br \/>\nAustralia &#124; AU2018279078B2<br \/>\nSouth Korea &#124; KR102569416B1<br \/>\nChina &#124; CN110678769B<br \/>\nEuropean Patent Office &#124; EP3635424B1, EP4734289A2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f4f6f8; border-top: 1px solid #dcdcdc; border-left:1px solid #cfcfcf;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 10px 8px 18px;\"><strong style=\"font-weight:600;\">Nonlinear and smart metamaterials useful to change resonance frequencies<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #dcdcdc; border-left:1px solid #cfcfcf;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 10px 8px 18px;\">United States &#124; US11219384B2, US12085629B2, US12613297B2<br \/>\nJapan &#124; JP7671997B2<br \/>\nChina &#124; CN114929103B<br \/>\nEuropean Patent Office &#124; EP4041074B1, EP4697049A2<br \/>\nAustralia &#124; AU2020361502B2<br \/>\nCanada &#124; CA3157009A1<br \/>\nSouth Korea &#124; KR20220074961A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f4f6f8; border-top: 1px solid #dcdcdc; border-left:1px solid #cfcfcf;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 10px 8px 18px;\"><strong style=\"font-weight:600;\">Phased array ultra open metamaterials for broadband acoustic silencing<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #dcdcdc; border-left:1px solid #cfcfcf;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 10px 8px 18px;\">WIPO (PCT) &#124; WO20250170988A1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f4f6f8; border-top: 1px solid #dcdcdc; border-left:1px solid #cfcfcf;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 10px 8px 18px;\"><strong>Thermal imager using metamaterials<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #dcdcdc; border-left:1px solid #cfcfcf;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 10px 8px 18px;\">United States &#124; US8450690B2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f4f6f8; border-top: 1px solid #dcdcdc; border-left:1px solid #cfcfcf;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 10px 8px 18px;\"><strong>Electromagnetic composite-based reflecting terahertz waveplate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #dcdcdc; 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