Inventor · Medford, MA, US

David R. Walt

79Patents
43h-index
54Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 25, 1986 → Apr 22, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6327410A Target analyte sensors utilizing Microspheres Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 622 Expired
US6859570B2 Target analyte sensors utilizing microspheres Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 574 Expired
US6266459A Fiber optic sensor with encoded microspheres Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 464 Expired
US6023540A Fiber optic sensor with encoded microspheres Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 434 Expired
US6620584B1 Combinatorial decoding of random nucleic acid arrays Chemistry; Metallurgy 361 Expired
US7115884B1 Self-encoding fiber optic sensor Physics 332 Expired
US5244636A Imaging fiber optic array sensors, apparatus, and methods for concurrently detecting multiple analytes of interest in a fluid sample Physics 299 Expired
US5814524A Optical sensor apparatus for far-field viewing and making optical analytical measurements at remote locations Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 299 Expired
US5244813A Fiber optic sensor, apparatus, and methods for detecting an organic analyte in a fluid or vapor sample Physics 277 Expired
US5320814A Fiber optic array sensors, apparatus, and methods for concurrently visualizing and chemically detecting multiple analytes of interest in a fluid sample Physics 261 Expired
US5298741A Thin film fiber optic sensor array and apparatus for concurrent viewing and chemical sensing of a sample Physics 259 Expired
US5512490A Optical sensor, optical sensing apparatus, and methods for detecting an analyte of interest using spectral recognition patterns Physics 254 Expired
US5633972A Superresolution imaging fiber for subwavelength light energy generation and near-field optical microscopy Physics 252 Expired
US5250264A Method of making imaging fiber optic sensors to concurrently detect multiple analytes of interest in a fluid sample Physics 249 Expired
US5252494A Fiber optic sensors, apparatus, and detection methods using controlled release polymers and reagent formulations held within a polymeric reaction matrix Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 246 Expired
US6377721B1 Biosensor array comprising cell populations confined to microcavities Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 221 Expired
US5143853A Absorbance modulated fluorescence detection methods and sensors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 220 Expired
US4822746A Radiative and non-radiative energy transfer and absorbance modulated fluorescence detection methods and sensors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 217 Expired
US5114864A Fiber optic sensors, apparatus, and detection methods using fluid erodible controlled release polymers for delivery of reagent formulations Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 202 Expired
US5254477A Flourescence intramolecular energy transfer conjugate compositions and detection methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 197 Expired
US6210910A Optical fiber biosensor array comprising cell populations confined to microcavities Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 189 Expired
US6200737A Photodeposition method for fabricating a three-dimensional, patterned polymer microstructure Physics 185 Expired
US7166431B2 Combinatorial decoding of random nucleic acid arrays Chemistry; Metallurgy 150 Expired
US7563576B2 Combinatorial decoding of random nucleic acid arrays Chemistry; Metallurgy 147 Active
US7622294B2 Methods for detecting target analytes and enzymatic reactions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 145 Expired

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