Inventor · Burlingame, CA, US

James A. Wells

77Patents
37h-index
56Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: May 29, 1984 → Apr 8, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5750373A Enrichment method for variant proteins having altered binding properties, M13 phagemids, and growth hormone variants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 617 Expired
US5821047A Monovalent phage display Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 534 Expired
US6884879B1 Anti-VEGF antibodies Chemistry; Metallurgy 319 Expired
US4760025A Modified enzymes and methods for making same Chemistry; Metallurgy 235 Expired
US5834250A Method for identifying active domains and amino acid residues in polypeptides and hormone variants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 206 Expired
US7060269B1 Anti-VEGF antibodies Chemistry; Metallurgy 159 Expired
US5849535A Human growth hormone variants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 153 Expired
US5534617A Human growth hormone variants having greater affinity for human growth hormone receptor at site 1 Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 130 Expired
US5580723A Method for identifying active domains and amino acid residues in polypeptides and hormone variants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 119 Expired
USRE34606E Modified enzymes and methods for making same General 101 Expired
US6057292A Method for inhibiting growth hormone action Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 101 Expired
US5688666A Growth hormone variants with altered binding properties Physics 101 Expired
US5700676A Modified subtilisins having amino acid alterations Chemistry; Metallurgy 99 Expired
US6013478A Method for identifying active domains and amino acid residues in polypeptides and hormone variants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 95 Expired
US7169901B2 Anti-VEGF antibodies Chemistry; Metallurgy 94 Expired
US5780279A Method of selection of proteolytic cleavage sites by directed evolution and phagemid display Chemistry; Metallurgy 92 Expired
US6451561B1 Growth hormone variants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 82 Expired
US6428954B1 Method for identifying active domains and amino acid residues in polypeptides and hormone variants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 79 Expired
US5506107A Selecting ligand agonists and antagonists Physics 78 Expired
US6271198A Constrained helical peptides and methods of making same Chemistry; Metallurgy 74 Expired
US7365166B2 Anti-VEGF antibodies Chemistry; Metallurgy 73 Active
US6013763A Peptide variants of protein A Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 67 Expired
US5834598A Human growth hormone variants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 65 Expired
US6040136A Enrichment method for variant proteins with altered binding properties Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 65 Expired
US7297334B2 Anti-vegf antibodies Chemistry; Metallurgy 62 Expired

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