Maxygen, Inc.
🏢 View company profile →149Patents
27Active
149Granted
47Portfolio score
Filing activity: Mar 25, 1996 → Feb 5, 2008 · 27 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.