Inventor · Fremont, CA, US

Keith Bjornson

40Patents
20h-index
48Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 12, 2009 → Mar 22, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8133672B2 Two slow-step polymerase enzyme systems and methods Chemistry; Metallurgy 203 Active
US8257954B2 Generation of modified polymerases for improved accuracy in single molecule sequencing Chemistry; Metallurgy 124 Active
US10221436B2 Processes and systems for preparation of nucleic acid sequencing libraries and libraries prepared using same Performing Operations; Transporting 119 Active
US9062091B2 Polymerase enzyme substrates with protein shield Chemistry; Metallurgy 97 Active
US8252911B2 Compositions and methods for use in analytical reactions Chemistry; Metallurgy 73 Active
US8481264B2 Immobilized nucleic acid complexes for sequence analysis Chemistry; Metallurgy 59 Active
US8420366B2 Generation of modified polymerases for improved accuracy in single molecule sequencing Chemistry; Metallurgy 55 Active
US9127259B2 Enzymes resistant to photodamage Chemistry; Metallurgy 48 Active
US8236499B2 Methods and compositions for nucleic acid sample preparation Chemistry; Metallurgy 47 Active
US8658365B2 Nucleic acid synthesis compositions and methods and systems for using same Chemistry; Metallurgy 42 Active
US10557158B2 Processes and systems for preparation of nucleic acid sequencing libraries and libraries prepared using same Performing Operations; Transporting 42 Active
US8530164B2 Method for sequencing using branching fraction of incorporatable nucleotides Chemistry; Metallurgy 35 Active
US9708656B2 Real-time electronic sequencing Physics 32 Active
US10023605B2 Labeled nucleotide analogs having protein shields Chemistry; Metallurgy 30 Active
US8911972B2 Sequencing methods using enzyme conformation Chemistry; Metallurgy 30 Active
US9279155B2 Step-wise nucleic acid sequencing with catalytic and non-catalytic metals Chemistry; Metallurgy 29 Active
US9678080B2 Bis-biotinylation tags Chemistry; Metallurgy 27 Active
US8986928B2 Nanopore sequencing devices and methods Chemistry; Metallurgy 27 Active
US10544449B2 Bis-biotinylation tags Chemistry; Metallurgy 26 Active
US8986930B2 Sequencing reactions with alkali metal cations for pulse width control Chemistry; Metallurgy 22 Active
US8906660B2 Recombinant polymerases with increased phototolerance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US8921046B2 Nucleic acid sequence analysis Chemistry; Metallurgy 10 Active
US8535886B2 Methods and compositions for nucleic acid sample preparation Chemistry; Metallurgy 8 Active
US11142793B2 Nucleic acid sequencing with nanoscale electrode pairs Physics 3 Active
US9650671B2 Sequencing reactions with lithium for pulse width control Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Active

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