Michael S. Urdea
63Patents
34h-index
27Co-inventors
88Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 23, 1986 → Mar 14, 2013
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5124246A | Nucleic acid multimers and amplified nucleic acid hybridization assays using same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 646 | Expired |
| US5367066A | Oligonucleotides with selectably cleavable and/or abasic sites | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 516 | Expired |
| US5597909A | Polynucleotide reagents containing modified deoxyribose moieties, and associated methods of synthesis and use | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 429 | Expired |
| US5635352A | Solution phase nucleic acid sandwich assays having reduced background noise | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 361 | Expired |
| US5118605A | Polynucleotide determination with selectable cleavage sites | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 328 | Expired |
| US5258506A | Photolabile reagents for incorporation into oligonucleotide chains | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 318 | Expired |
| US5200314A | Polynucleotide capture assay employing in vitro amplification | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 263 | Expired |
| US5580731A | N-4 modified pyrimidine deoxynucleotides and oligonucleotide probes synthesized therewith | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 259 | Expired |
| US5545730A | Multifunctional nucleic acid monomer | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 225 | Expired |
| US5656731A | Nucleic acid-amplified immunoassay probes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 221 | Expired |
| US5591584A | N-4 modified pyrimidine deoxynucleotides and oligonucleotide probes synthesized therewith | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 208 | Expired |
| US5552538A | Oligonucleotides with cleavable sites | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 203 | Expired |
| US5578717A | Nucleotides for introducing selectably cleavable and/or abasic sites into oligonucleotides | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 187 | Expired |
| US5681702A | Reduction of nonspecific hybridization by using novel base-pairing schemes | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 169 | Expired |
| US5849481A | Nucleic acid hybridization assays employing large comb-type branched polynucleotides | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 166 | Expired |
| US5093232A | Nucleic acid probes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 164 | Expired |
| US4910300A | Method for making nucleic acid probes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 161 | Expired |
| US5380833A | Polynucleotide reagents containing selectable cleavage sites | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 155 | Expired |
| US5624802A | Nucleic acid multimers and amplified nucleic acid hybridization assays using same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 131 | Expired |
| US5681697A | Solution phase nucleic acid sandwich assays having reduced background noise and kits therefor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 123 | Expired |
| US5710264A | Large comb type branched polynucleotides | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 112 | Expired |
| US5310523A | Self-contained assay assembly and apparatus | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 93 | Expired |
| US6232462A | Reduction of nonspecific hybridization by using novel base-pairing schemes | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 83 | Expired |
| US5430136A | Oligonucleotides having selectably cleavable and/or abasic sites | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 82 | Expired |
| US5714596A | NANBV diagnostics: polynucleotides useful for screening for hepatitis C virus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 70 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.