Inventor · Redwood City, CA, US

Michael R. Knapp

53Patents
31h-index
32Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 25, 1986 → May 25, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6632655B1 Manipulation of microparticles in microfluidic systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 739 Expired
US5885470A Controlled fluid transport in microfabricated polymeric substrates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 556 Expired
US5779868A Electropipettor and compensation means for electrophoretic bias Performing Operations; Transporting 485 Expired
US5880071A Electropipettor and compensation means for electrophoretic bias Performing Operations; Transporting 458 Expired
US5958203A Electropipettor and compensation means for electrophoretic bias Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 362 Expired
US6042709A Microfluidic sampling system and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 354 Expired
US6235471A Closed-loop biochemical analyzers Physics 345 Expired
US6613513B1 Sequencing by incorporation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 345 Expired
US6444461B1 Microfluidic devices and methods for separation Physics 328 Expired
US5972187A Electropipettor and compensation means for electrophoretic bias Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 324 Expired
US6403338B1 Microfluidic systems and methods of genotyping Physics 303 Expired
US6004744A Method for determining nucleotide identity through extension of immobilized primer Chemistry; Metallurgy 283 Expired
US7105300B2 Sequencing by incorporation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 273 Expired
US5610287A Method for immobilizing nucleic acid molecules Chemistry; Metallurgy 248 Expired
US5888819A Method for determining nucleotide identity through primer extension Chemistry; Metallurgy 230 Expired
US6238538A Controlled fluid transport in microfabricated polymeric substrates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 221 Expired
US7238323B2 Microfluidic sequencing systems Physics 198 Expired
US6670133B2 Microfluidic device for sequencing by hybridization Physics 187 Expired
US6080295A Electropipettor and compensation means for electrophoretic bias Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 166 Expired
US6156181A Controlled fluid transport microfabricated polymeric substrates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 147 Expired
US6447661B1 External material accession systems and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 141 Expired
US6547942B1 Electropipettor and compensation means for electrophoretic bias Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 132 Expired
US7645581B2 Determining nucleic acid fragmentation status by coincident detection of two labeled probes Physics 107 Active
US6406893B1 Microfluidic methods for non-thermal nucleic acid manipulations Physics 106 Expired
US5518900A Method for generating single-stranded DNA molecules Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 99 Expired

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