Inventor · Lafayette, CA, US

Daniel Pinkel

62Patents
25h-index
29Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 30, 1987 → Apr 20, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5690894A High density array fabrication and readout method for a fiber optic biosensor Physics 304 Expired
US5447841A Methods for chromosome-specific staining Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 245 Expired
US5830645A Comparative fluorescence hybridization to nucleic acid arrays Physics 226 Expired
US6335167B1 Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 146 Expired
US5665549A Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) Chemistry; Metallurgy 136 Expired
US5837196A High density array fabrication and readout method for a fiber optic biosensor Physics 120 Expired
US5976790A Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 118 Expired
US6159685A Comparative genomic hybridization Chemistry; Metallurgy 107 Expired
US6146593A High density array fabrication and readout method for a fiber optic biosensor Physics 106 Expired
US5472842A Detection of amplified or deleted chromosomal regions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 93 Expired
US4988619A Flow cytometry apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 89 Expired
US5756696A Compositions for chromosome-specific staining Chemistry; Metallurgy 80 Expired
US5028525A Method of preparing and applying single stranded DNA probes to double stranded target DNAs in situ Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 68 Expired
US5856097A Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Expired
US6210878A Array-based detection of genetic alterations associated with disease Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Expired
US5721098A Comparative genomic hybridization Chemistry; Metallurgy 49 Expired
US6455258B2 Detection of chromosome copy number changes to distinguish melanocytic nevi from malignant melanoma Chemistry; Metallurgy 45 Expired
US6132961A Methods of biological dosimetry employing chromosome-specific staining Chemistry; Metallurgy 42 Expired
US5965362A Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired
US6280929A Method of detecting genetic translocations identified with chromosomal abnormalities Chemistry; Metallurgy 40 Expired
US5633365A Detection of amplified or deleted chromosomal regions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US6261775A Detection of chromosome copy number changes to distinguish melanocytic nevi from malignant melanoma Chemistry; Metallurgy 34 Expired
US5982534A Specimen illumination apparatus with optical cavity for dark field illumination Physics 34 Expired
US6500612B1 Methods and compositions for chromosome 21-specific staining Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US6664057B2 Amplicon in the 20q13 region of human chromosome 20 and uses thereof Chemistry; Metallurgy 26 Expired

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