Inventor · Durham, NC, US

Michael G. Pollack

97Patents
41h-index
23Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 24, 2002 → Feb 3, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6911132B2 Apparatus for manipulating droplets by electrowetting-based techniques Performing Operations; Transporting 427 Expired
US7329545B2 Methods for sampling a liquid flow Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 184 Expired
US7439014B2 Droplet-based surface modification and washing Physics 177 Active
US7901947B2 Droplet-based particle sorting Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 157 Active
US8349276B2 Apparatuses and methods for manipulating droplets on a printed circuit board Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 156 Active
US7815871B2 Droplet microactuator system Physics 151 Active
US7851184B2 Droplet-based nucleic acid amplification method and apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 142 Active
US7816121B2 Droplet actuation system and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 140 Active
US7727723B2 Droplet-based pyrosequencing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 131 Active
US8389297B2 Droplet-based affinity assay device and system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 130 Active
US7998436B2 Multiwell droplet actuator, system and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 126 Active
US7763471B2 Method of electrowetting droplet operations for protein crystallization Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 124 Active
US8137917B2 Droplet actuator devices, systems, and methods Performing Operations; Transporting 123 Active
US7939021B2 Droplet actuator analyzer with cartridge Physics 123 Active
US8007739B2 Protein crystallization screening and optimization droplet actuators, systems and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 118 Active
US7822510B2 Systems, methods, and products for graphically illustrating and controlling a droplet actuator Performing Operations; Transporting 117 Active
US7569129B2 Methods for manipulating droplets by electrowetting-based techniques Performing Operations; Transporting 117 Active
US8041463B2 Modular droplet actuator drive Physics 116 Active
US8088578B2 Method of detecting an analyte Performing Operations; Transporting 112 Active
US8208146B2 Droplet actuator devices, configurations, and methods for improving absorbance detection Physics 106 Active
US8268246B2 PCB droplet actuator fabrication Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 106 Active
US8048628B2 Methods for nucleic acid amplification on a printed circuit board Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 102 Active
US8388909B2 Apparatuses and methods for manipulating droplets Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 101 Active
US8317990B2 Droplet actuator loading and target concentration Performing Operations; Transporting 99 Active
US8313698B2 Droplet-based nucleic acid amplification apparatus and system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 90 Active

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