Inventor · San Diego, CA, US

Allen E. Eckhardt

44Patents
21h-index
46Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 22, 1999 → Sep 1, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7439014B2 Droplet-based surface modification and washing Physics 177 Active
US7815871B2 Droplet microactuator system Physics 151 Active
US8137917B2 Droplet actuator devices, systems, and methods Performing Operations; Transporting 123 Active
US8007739B2 Protein crystallization screening and optimization droplet actuators, systems and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 118 Active
US8202686B2 Enzyme assays for a droplet actuator Physics 102 Active
US8426213B2 Hydrogen peroxide droplet-based assays Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 98 Active
US8440392B2 Method of conducting a droplet based enzymatic assay Physics 97 Active
US8562807B2 Droplet actuator configurations and methods Performing Operations; Transporting 55 Active
US8951732B2 Droplet-based nucleic acid amplification in a temperature gradient Chemistry; Metallurgy 43 Active
US8592217B2 Method of conducting an assay Physics 42 Active
US6127127A Monolayer and electrode for detecting a label-bearing target and method of use thereof Performing Operations; Transporting 40 Expired
US8852952B2 Method of loading a droplet actuator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Active
US9046514B2 Droplet actuator devices and methods employing magnetic beads Physics 30 Active
US9091649B2 Integrated droplet actuator for gel; electrophoresis and molecular analysis Performing Operations; Transporting 29 Active
US8809068B2 Manipulation of beads in droplets and methods for manipulating droplets Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Active
US8541176B2 Droplet-based surface modification and washing Physics 27 Active
US8846414B2 Detection of cardiac markers on a droplet actuator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Active
US8901043B2 Systems for and methods of hybrid pyrosequencing Physics 26 Active
US8716015B2 Manipulation of cells on a droplet actuator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Active
US8313895B2 Droplet-based surface modification and washing Physics 24 Active
US9140635B2 Assay for measuring enzymatic modification of a substrate by a glycoprotein having enzymatic activity Physics 23 Active
US9944924B2 Polynucleotide modification on solid support Chemistry; Metallurgy 17 Active
US6346387B1 Detection of binding reactions using labels detected by mediated catalytic electrochemistry Chemistry; Metallurgy 14 Expired
US6387625B1 Monolayer and electrode for detecting a label-bearing target and method of use thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US9494498B2 Manipulation of beads in droplets and methods for manipulating droplets Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active

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