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Maxygen, Inc.

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149Patents
27Active
149Granted
47Portfolio score

Filing activity: Mar 25, 1996 → Feb 5, 2008 · 27 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5837458A Methods and compositions for cellular and metabolic engineering Chemistry; Metallurgy 824 Expired
US6117679A Methods for generating polynucleotides having desired characteristics by iterative selection and recombination Chemistry; Metallurgy 519 Expired
US6376246B1 Oligonucleotide mediated nucleic acid recombination Chemistry; Metallurgy 383 Expired
US6132970A Methods of shuffling polynucleotides Chemistry; Metallurgy 362 Expired
US6586182B1 Methods and compositions for polypeptide engineering Chemistry; Metallurgy 322 Expired
US6165793A Methods for generating polynucleotides having desired characteristics by iterative selection and recombination Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 310 Expired
US6096548A Method for directing evolution of a virus Chemistry; Metallurgy 294 Expired
US6180406A Methods for generating polynucleotides having desired characteristics by iterative selection and recombination Chemistry; Metallurgy 277 Expired
US6521453B1 Oligonucloetide mediated nucleic acid recombination Chemistry; Metallurgy 226 Expired
US6297053A Methods for generating polynucleotides having desired characteristics by iterative selection and recombination Chemistry; Metallurgy 224 Expired
US6291242A Methods for generating polynucleotides having desired characteristics by iterative selection and recombination Chemistry; Metallurgy 222 Expired
US6537746B2 Method for creating polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences Chemistry; Metallurgy 220 Expired
US6287861A Methods for generating polynucleotides having desired characteristics by iterative selection and recombination Chemistry; Metallurgy 218 Expired
US6436675B1 Use of codon-varied oligonucleotide synthesis for synthetic shuffling Performing Operations; Transporting 213 Expired
US6287862A Evolution of whole cells and organisms by recursive sequence recombination Chemistry; Metallurgy 210 Expired
US6379964B1 Evolution of whole cells and organisms by recursive sequence recombination Human Necessities 210 Expired
US6303344A Methods and compositions for polypeptide engineering Chemistry; Metallurgy 201 Expired
US6344356B1 Methods for recombining nucleic acids Chemistry; Metallurgy 197 Expired
US6365377B1 Recombination of insertion modified nucleic acids Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 193 Expired
US6335160B1 Methods and compositions for polypeptide engineering Chemistry; Metallurgy 190 Expired
US6319714A Oligonucleotide mediated nucleic acid recombination Chemistry; Metallurgy 188 Expired
US6365408B1 Methods of evolving a polynucleotides by mutagenesis and recombination Chemistry; Metallurgy 183 Expired
US6323030A Methods for generating polynucleotides having desired characteristics by iterative selection and recombination Chemistry; Metallurgy 183 Expired
US6335198B1 Evolution of whole cells and organisms by recursive sequence recombination Chemistry; Metallurgy 178 Expired
US6368861B1 Oligonucleotide mediated nucleic acid recombination Chemistry; Metallurgy 178 Expired

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