Inventor · Madison, WI, US

Nicholas Abbott

89Patents
18h-index
99Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 16, 1996 → Oct 3, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6277489A Support for high performance affinity chromatography and other uses Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 216 Expired
US6468657B1 Controllable ion-exchange membranes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 111 Expired
US6284197A Optical amplification of molecular interactions using liquid crystals Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 77 Expired
US6780492B2 Substrates prepared by chemical amplification of self-assembled monolayers with spatially localized polymer brushes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 69 Expired
US6413587B1 Method for forming polymer brush pattern on a substrate surface Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 55 Expired
US7018838B2 Substrates, devices, and methods for cellular assays Physics 42 Expired
US5854864A In-line polymeric construct for modulators, filters, switches and other electro-optic devices Physics 36 Expired
US6288392A Quantitative characterization of obliquely-deposited substrates of gold by atomic force microscopy: influence of substrate topography on anchoring of liquid crystals Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Expired
US6797463B2 Method and apparatus for detection of microscopic pathogens Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US6824837B2 Liquid crystal switching mechanism Physics 25 Expired
US6364459B1 Printing apparatus and method utilizing light-activated ink release system Performing Operations; Transporting 25 Expired
US6692699B2 Biochemical blocking layer for liquid crystal assay Chemistry; Metallurgy 24 Expired
US7303694B2 Liquid crystals with reduced toxicity and applications thereof Chemistry; Metallurgy 24 Expired
US6858423B1 Optical Amplification of molecular interactions using liquid crystals Physics 23 Expired
US7135143B2 Detecting compounds with liquid crystals Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US6047095A In-line polymeric construct for modulators, filters, switches and other electro-optic devices Physics 21 Expired
US6849321B2 Surfaces with gradients in surface topography Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US6852285B2 Optical amplification of molecular interactions using liquid crystals Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US7125592B2 Detecting interactions at biomimetic interfaces with liquid crystals Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US8021570B2 β-peptide lyotropic liquid crystals and methods of manufacture and use thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US6600076B1 Cleavable, water-soluble surfactants Chemistry; Metallurgy 12 Expired
US7951577B2 Liquid crystals with reduced toxicity and applications thereof Chemistry; Metallurgy 12 Active
US9863923B2 Method of detection of volatile organic compounds using liquid crystals that form a blue phase; and device for stabilization and thickness control of liquid crystal films Chemistry; Metallurgy 11 Active
US7795007B2 Detection of post-translationally modified peptides with liquid crystals Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Active
US7666661B2 Substrates, devices, and methods for quantitative liquid crystal assays Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired

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