Nicholas Abbott
89Patents
18h-index
99Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 16, 1996 → Oct 3, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.