Inventor · Livermore, CA, US

Billy Colston

14Patents
10h-index
28Co-inventors
68Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 23, 1997 → May 24, 2010

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7041481B2 Chemical amplification based on fluid partitioning Chemistry; Metallurgy 538 Expired
US6175669A Optical coherence domain reflectometry guidewire Human Necessities 404 Expired
US6384915B1 Catheter guided by optical coherence domain reflectometry Human Necessities 250 Expired
US6905885B2 Portable pathogen detection system Physics 116 Expired
US6466713B2 Optical fiber head for providing lateral viewing Human Necessities 66 Expired
US5912945A X-ray compass for determining device orientation Physics 65 Expired
US6015969A Multiple-wavelength spectroscopic quantitation of light-absorbing species in scattering media Physics 64 Expired
US6179611A Dental optical coherence domain reflectometry explorer Physics 58 Expired
US6522407B2 Optical detection dental disease using polarized light Physics 55 Expired
US7993266B2 Early detection of contagious diseases Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Active
US7188731B2 Variable flexure-based fluid filter Physics 6 Expired
US9052255B2 System for autonomous monitoring of bioagents Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US9422586B2 Method for genetic identification of unknown organisms Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US9409177B2 Chip-based device for parallel sorting, amplification, detection, and identification of nucleic acid subsequences Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.