Inventor · San Diego, CA, US

Dan E. Robertson

49Patents
12h-index
55Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 16, 1996 → Sep 8, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5942430A Esterases Chemistry; Metallurgy 60 Expired
US5985646A Amidase Chemistry; Metallurgy 60 Expired
US5939300A Catalases Human Necessities 59 Expired
US7981647B2 Engineered CO2 fixing microorganisms producing carbon-based products of interest Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Active
US7432097B2 Phytases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods of making and using them Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US7078504B2 Enzymes having dehalogenase activity and methods of use thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US7968321B1 Ethanol production by microorganisms Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Active
US8048666B1 Ethanol production in microorganisms Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Active
US7977080B2 Phospholipases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them Chemistry; Metallurgy 14 Expired
US7785861B2 Hyperphotosynthetic organisms Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US8216816B2 Ethanol production in microorganisms Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US8465954B2 Ethanol production in microorganisms Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US7824895B2 Phytases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them Human Necessities 11 Active
US8097442B2 Laccases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them Physics 9 Active
US9163264B2 Ethanol production in microorganisms Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US8986964B2 Ethanol production in microorganisms Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US8048654B2 Methods and compositions for the recombinant biosynthesis of fatty acids and esters Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US9284579B2 Ethanol production in microorganisms Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US7521216B2 Nitrilases and methods for making and using them Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US7432098B2 Phytases and methods for making and using them Human Necessities 6 Expired
US8227237B2 Engineered CO2 fixing microorganisms producing carbon-based products of interest Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US6429004B1 Amidase Chemistry; Metallurgy 5 Expired
US7300775B2 Methods for producing α-substituted carboxylic acids using nitrilases and strecker reagents Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US9029124B2 Photoalkanogens with increased productivity Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Active
US7741089B2 Laccases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them Physics 3 Expired

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