Inventor · Redwood City, CA, US

Gerald Zon

19Patents
8h-index
10Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 21, 1988 → Mar 15, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5047524A Automated system for polynucleotide synthesis and purification Chemistry; Metallurgy 235 Expired
US5262530A Automated system for polynucleotide synthesis and purification Chemistry; Metallurgy 150 Expired
US7399614B2 5-methylcytosine detection, compositions and methods therefor Chemistry; Metallurgy 38 Expired
US5935527A Automated system for polynucleotide synthesis and purification Chemistry; Metallurgy 26 Expired
US8728725B2 Chemically modified ligase cofactors, donors and acceptors Chemistry; Metallurgy 21 Active
US7553949B2 Reversible terminator nucleotides and methods of use Chemistry; Metallurgy 19 Active
US8017338B2 Reversible di-nucleotide terminator sequencing Chemistry; Metallurgy 10 Active
US5185266A Cleavage method for acyl thiohydantoins and use of the method in C-terminal peptide sequencing Physics 9 Expired
US7371526B2 Method and materials for bisulfite conversion of cytosine to uracil Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US5304497A Method of forming N-protected amino acid thiohydantoins Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US7368239B2 Method and materials for polyamine catalyzed bisulfite conversion of cytosine to uracil Chemistry; Metallurgy 5 Expired
US7262013B2 Bisulfite method Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US7824887B2 Reversible terminator nucleotides and methods of use Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Active
US6175006A Automated system for polynucleotide synthesis and purification Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US9631227B2 Chemically modified ligase cofactors, donors and acceptors Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active
US8361753B2 Phosphotriester-modified oligonucleotide primers for nucleic acid amplification Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active
US8715938B2 Reversible di-nucleotide terminator sequencing Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active
US7534873B2 Method and materials for quaternary amine catalyzed bisulfite conversion of cytosine to uracil Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Expired
US7999091B2 5-methylcytosine detection, compositions and methods therefor Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active

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