Inventor · Urbandale, IA, US

Michael Lassner

69Patents
15h-index
75Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 19, 1990 → Jul 20, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6140486A Production of polyunsaturated fatty acids by expression of polyketide-like synthesis genes in plants Chemistry; Metallurgy 135 Expired
US6566583B1 Schizochytrium PKS genes Chemistry; Metallurgy 123 Expired
US7214853B2 Schizochytrium PKS genes Chemistry; Metallurgy 80 Expired
US6686515B1 Homologous recombination in plants Chemistry; Metallurgy 69 Expired
US5968791A Plant lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferases Chemistry; Metallurgy 62 Expired
US5482852A Biologically safe plant transformation system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US6444876B1 Acyl CoA: cholesterol acyltransferase related nucleic acid sequences Chemistry; Metallurgy 33 Expired
US6531316B1 Encryption of traits using split gene sequences and engineered genetic elements Chemistry; Metallurgy 29 Expired
US7193133B2 Plastid transit peptides Chemistry; Metallurgy 28 Expired
US6541259B1 Nucleic acid sequences to proteins involved in isoprenoid synthesis Chemistry; Metallurgy 26 Expired
US5910630A Plant lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferases Chemistry; Metallurgy 19 Expired
US5225341A Biologically safe plant transformation system using a Ds transposon Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US5445947A Jojoba wax biosynthesis gene Chemistry; Metallurgy 16 Expired
US5792924A Biologically safe plant transformation system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US6596538B1 Fatty acyl-CoA: fatty alcohol acyltransferases Chemistry; Metallurgy 15 Expired
US5370996A Fatty acyl reductases Chemistry; Metallurgy 12 Expired
US7157619B1 Plant sterol acyltransferases Chemistry; Metallurgy 12 Expired
US5679881A Nucleic acid sequences encoding a plant cytoplasmic protein involved in fatty acyl-CoA metabolism Chemistry; Metallurgy 10 Expired
US6828475B1 Nucleic acid sequences encoding a plant cytoplasmic protein involved in fatty acyl-CoA metabolism Chemistry; Metallurgy 8 Expired
US5723747A Wax esters in transformed plants Chemistry; Metallurgy 7 Expired
USD853436S1 Display screen or portion thereof with transitional graphical user interface General 7 Active
US6492509B1 Fatty acyl-CoA: fatty alcohol acyltransferases Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US7332311B2 Fatty acyl-CoA: fatty alcohol acyltransferases Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US10030245B2 Methods for producing a complex transgenic trait locus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US7528293B2 Methods of protecting plants from pathogenic fungi Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Active

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