Inventor · South San Francisco, CA, US

Michael Lucero

32Patents
13h-index
58Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 26, 2001 → Dec 19, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7118910B2 Microfluidic device and methods of using same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 396 Expired
US7749737B2 Thermal reaction device and method for using the same Performing Operations; Transporting 119 Active
US7837946B2 Microfluidic device and methods of using same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 119 Active
US7691333B2 Microfluidic device and methods of using same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 118 Expired
US7820427B2 Microfluidic device and methods of using same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 113 Active
US7666361B2 Microfluidic devices and methods of using same Chemistry; Metallurgy 111 Expired
US7604965B2 Thermal reaction device and method for using the same Performing Operations; Transporting 101 Expired
US11519033B2 Method for transposase-mediated spatial tagging and analyzing genomic DNA in a biological sample Physics 94 Active
US10858702B2 Methods and systems for processing polynucleotides Chemistry; Metallurgy 92 Active
US10815525B2 Methods and systems for processing polynucleotides Chemistry; Metallurgy 73 Active
US8343442B2 Microfluidic device and methods of using same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 38 Active
US8247178B2 Thermal reaction device and method for using the same Performing Operations; Transporting 18 Active
US10167509B2 Analysis of nucleic acids Chemistry; Metallurgy 15 Active
US8163492B2 Microfluidic device and methods of using same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US12270077B2 Method for transposase-mediated spatial tagging and analyzing genomic DNA in a biological sample Physics 7 Active
US8663920B2 Library characterization by digital assay Chemistry; Metallurgy 5 Active
US9090934B2 Methods for detection and quantification of nucleic acid or protein targets in a sample Physics 5 Active
US9150913B2 Thermal reaction device and method for using the same Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Active
US8828661B2 Methods for detection and quantification of nucleic acid or protein targets in a sample Physics 3 Active
US12344892B2 Method for transposase-mediated spatial tagging and analyzing genomic DNA in a biological sample Physics 2 Active
US11180805B2 Methods and systems for processing polynucleotides Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active
US8828663B2 Thermal reaction device and method for using the same Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US6964848B2 Invasion assay Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Expired
US9643178B2 Microfluidic device with reaction sites configured for blind filling Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US12084716B2 Methods and systems for processing polynucleotides Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active

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