Patricia A. Spears
12Patents
9h-index
14Co-inventors
61Inventor score
Filing activity: May 26, 1993 → Nov 5, 1997
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5470723A | Detection of mycobacteria by multiplex nucleic acid amplification | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 92 | Expired |
| US5736365A | Multiplex nucleic acid amplification | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 79 | Expired |
| US5561044A | Detection of mycobacteria by multiplex strand displacement nucleic acid amplification | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 40 | Expired |
| US5800989A | Method for detection of nucleic acid targets by amplification and fluorescence polarization | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 31 | Expired |
| US5641633A | Fluorescence polarization detection of nucleic acids | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 30 | Expired |
| US5494796A | Detection and identification of mycobacteria | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 16 | Expired |
| US5500341A | Species-specific detection of Mycobacterium kansasii | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 13 | Expired |
| US5518884A | Nucleic acid sequences specific for mycbacterium kansasii | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 11 | Expired |
| US5352580A | Selective detection of mycobacteria by nucleicacid probes derived from Mycobacterium kansasii | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 9 | Expired |
| US5814490A | Amplification and detection of chlamydia trachomatis nucleic acids | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 6 | Expired |
| US6156508A | Detection of M. tuberculosis complex via reverse transcriptase SDA | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 5 | Expired |
| US5723296A | Amplification and detection of mycobacterial DNA K nucleic acids | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 4 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.