Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

Fernando Valle

53Patents
12h-index
58Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 30, 1997 → May 14, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7371558B2 Process for the biological production of 1,3-propanediol with high yield Chemistry; Metallurgy 79 Expired
US8110670B2 Enhanced production of fatty acid derivatives Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 65 Active
US8283143B2 Enhanced production of fatty acid derivatives Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Active
US7132527B2 Promoter and plasmid system for genetic engineering Chemistry; Metallurgy 43 Expired
US8288148B2 Compositions and methods for producing isoprene Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Active
US7241587B2 Method of uncoupling the catabolic pathway of glycolysis from the oxidative membrane bound pathway of glucose conversion Chemistry; Metallurgy 33 Expired
US9714437B2 Production of fatty alcohols from engineered microorganisms Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Active
US9506087B2 Glucose and xylose co-utilization in E. coli Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Active
US8476041B2 Glucose transport mutants for production of biomaterial Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Active
US6962794B2 Application of glucose transport mutants for production of aromatic pathway compounds Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US8709785B2 Compositions and methods for producing isoprene Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US9296850B2 Polymers of isoprene from renewable resources Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US7005291B1 Transformed microorganisms and genes useful in the production of glycerol and 1,3-propanediol Chemistry; Metallurgy 12 Expired
US9017984B2 Enhanced production of fatty acid derivatives Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US10017455B2 Enhanced production of fatty acid derivatives Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US9260727B2 Compositions and methods for producing isoprene Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US8216815B2 Production of fatty alcohols with fatty alcohol forming acyl-CoA reductases (FAR) Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US8420759B2 Polymers of isoprene from renewable resources Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US8940849B2 Polymers of isropene from renewable resources Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US7745184B2 Process for the biological production of 1,3-propanediol with high yield Chemistry; Metallurgy 5 Active
US8389214B2 Glucose transport mutants for production of biomaterial Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US6509185B1 Mutant aprE promotor Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US8852890B2 Production of bacterial strains Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US6911322B2 Mutant aprE promoter Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US7582457B2 Method for the production of 1,3-propanediol by recombinant organisms comprising genes for coenzyme B12 synthesis Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Active

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