Matrix Sensors Inc
Metal-organic framework (MOF)-based methane gas sensor on a chip
- Sector
- Materials
- Total capital
- $1.8M
- Federal grants
- $1.8M
- 3 awards · 2015–2018
- Rank in peer group#9 of 23
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 11
- 20 pending · first 2014
- Rank in peer group#2 of 23
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · A stable, low cost, low power CO2 sensor for demand controlled ventilation$225K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Reliable low-cost, low-power methane sensors for explosive limit detection$1.4M
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Lithographic Patterning of Multiple Porous Crystalline Thin Films on Working Silicon Devices for Gas Sensing Applications$150K
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Standing among 23 peers
Line = medianMaterials · Device
- Federal grants#9 · top 39%
- Granted patents#2 · top 9%
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Founders and team
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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026
Claim this profile to add your teamWhat it has protected
USPTO · 11 granted of 31- GrantedGas Sensor With Drift CompensationUSPTOUS 12,516,967
- PendingDevice for Measuring Multi-Gas Adsorption In MaterialsUSPTOApplication 19084425
- GrantedMethod For Producing a Crystalline FilmUSPTOUS 12,059,703
Show all 31 patent records
- Gas Sensor With Drift CompensationJan 6, 2026 · US 12,516,967Granted
- Device for Measuring Multi-Gas Adsorption In MaterialsSep 25, 2025 · Application 19084425Pending
- Method For Producing a Crystalline FilmAug 13, 2024 · US 12,059,703Granted
- Device and Method for Determining Dewpoint or HumidityMay 9, 2024 · Application 18387847Pending
- Method For Producing a Crystalline Film on a Substrate SurfaceApr 2, 2024 · US 11,946,160Granted
- Gas Permeable ElectrodeMar 7, 2024 · Application 18242027Pending
- Lighting DeviceMar 7, 2024 · Application 18376441Pending
- Self-Calibrating Analyte SensorAug 1, 2023 · US 11,714,066Granted
- Apparatus and Method For Producing a Crystalline Film on a Substrate SurfaceMay 9, 2023 · US 11,643,751Granted
- Apparatus And Method For Producing Films Of Porous Coordination Polymers By Flow Of ReagentsDec 16, 2021 · Application 17458556Pending
- Crystalline Film And Lighting-emitting Device Having Oriented Luminescent EmittersAug 27, 2020 · Application 16798075Pending
- Gas Sensor Incorporating a Temperature-Controlled Sensing MaterialMar 31, 2020 · US 10,605,778Granted
- Gas Sensor with Humidity CorrectionOct 8, 2019 · US 10,436,737Granted
- Apparatus And Method For Producing Films Of Porous Coordination Polymers By Flow Of ReagentsAug 22, 2019 · Application 16398005Pending
- Array Of Resonant Sensors Utilizing Porous Receptor Materials With Varying Pore SizesJul 31, 2018 · US 10,036,730Granted
- Self-Correcting Chemical SensorJan 2, 2018 · US 9,857,243Granted
- Device And Method For Producing Coatings Of Porous Coordination Polymers By Flow Of ReagentsJun 22, 2017 · Application 15383548Pending
- Method for Modifying the Surfaces of Resonant SensorsSep 29, 2016 · Application 15181117Pending
- Array of Sensors with Surface ModificationsJun 14, 2016 · US 9,366,651Granted
- Differential Humidity SensorJun 25, 2015 · Application 14137990Pending
- Array of Sensors Functionalized with Systematically Varying Receptor MaterialsDec 11, 2014 · Application 13911003Pending
- Liquid Analysis Using Capacitative Micromachined Ultrasound TransducersMay 27, 2014 · US 8,733,154Granted
- Liquid Analysis Using Capacitative Micromachined Ultrasound TransducersApplication PCTUS2010021034Pending
- Gas Sensor With Drift CompensationApplication PCTUS2023021502Pending
- Device For Measuring Multi-gas Adsorption In MaterialsApplication 63567363Pending
- Crystalline Film And Lighting-emitting Device Having Oriented Luminescent EmittersApplication PCTUS2020019302Pending
- Device For Measuring Multi-gas Adsorption In MaterialsApplication PCTUS2025020558Pending
- Gas Sensor Incorporating A Temperature-controlled Sensing MaterialApplication PCTUS2018048759Pending
- Gas Sensor With Humidity CorrectionApplication PCTUS2018014105Pending
- Self-Correcting Chemical SensorApplication 61955164Pending
- Self-calibrating Analyte SensorApplication PCTUS2021049655Pending
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Regulatory activity · Materials
- Eliminating Regulations Establishing Fellowships in Laboratory Standardization and Testing for Foreign CitizensNational Institute of Standards and Technology
- Eliminating Obsolete Marking Requirements for Toy, Look-Alike, and Imitation FirearmsNational Institute of Standards and Technology
- Eliminating Obsolete Regulations Related to the Advanced Technology Program and the Technology Innovation ProgramNational Institute of Standards and Technology
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Sources
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