Inventor · Atlanta, GA, US

Lloyd M. Smith

51Patents
22h-index
54Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 17, 1974 → Dec 12, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5118800A Oligonucleotides possessing a primary amino group in the terminal nucleotide Chemistry; Metallurgy 457 Expired
US5171534A Automated DNA sequencing technique Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 331 Expired
US4757141A Amino-derivatized phosphite and phosphate linking agents, phosphoramidite precursors, and useful conjugates thereof Chemistry; Metallurgy 281 Expired
US5118802A DNA-reporter conjugates linked via the 2' or 5'-primary amino group of the 5'-terminal nucleoside Chemistry; Metallurgy 262 Expired
US4849513A Deoxyribonucleoside phosphoramidites in which an aliphatic amino group is attached to the sugar ring and their use for the preparation of oligonucleotides containing aliphatic amino groups Chemistry; Metallurgy 252 Expired
US5821058A Automated DNA sequencing technique Physics 170 Expired
US6649907B2 Charge reduction electrospray ionization ion source Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 100 Expired
US5015733A Nucleosides possessing blocked aliphatic amino groups Chemistry; Metallurgy 91 Expired
US6692917B2 Systems and methods for invasive cleavage reaction on dendrimers Chemistry; Metallurgy 90 Expired
US5487993A Direct cloning of PCR amplified nucleic acids Chemistry; Metallurgy 82 Expired
US7432048B2 Reactions on a solid surface Chemistry; Metallurgy 71 Expired
US7527928B2 Reactions on a solid surface Chemistry; Metallurgy 68 Expired
US5780233A Artificial mismatch hybridization Chemistry; Metallurgy 65 Expired
US5162654A Detection apparatus for electrophoretic gels Physics 53 Expired
US7820387B2 Reactions on a solid surface Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Active
US7518108B2 Electrospray ionization ion source with tunable charge reduction Electricity 39 Active
US6906322B2 Charged particle source with droplet control for mass spectrometry Electricity 35 Expired
US6797945B2 Piezoelectric charged droplet source Electricity 29 Expired
US5228971A Horizontal gel electrophoresis apparatus Physics 28 Expired
US5212304A Amino-derivatized phosphoramidite linking agents Chemistry; Metallurgy 26 Expired
US5258538A 2,3-disubstituted-1,3,2-oxazaphosphacycloalkanes as nucleic acid linking agents Chemistry; Metallurgy 25 Expired
US7078679B2 Inductive detection for mass spectrometry Electricity 24 Expired
US5401632A Triple helix purification and sequencing Chemistry; Metallurgy 22 Expired
US7408147B2 Nanoelectromechanical and microelectromechanical sensors and analyzers Electricity 21 Active
US5591841A Rapid purification of circular DNA by triplex-mediated affinity capture Chemistry; Metallurgy 20 Expired

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