Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Richard P. Rava

81Patents
37h-index
65Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 22, 1991 → Sep 2, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5856174A Integrated nucleic acid diagnostic device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 996 Expired
US5922591A Integrated nucleic acid diagnostic device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 975 Expired
US5578832A Method and apparatus for imaging a sample on a device Physics 666 Expired
US6168948A Miniaturized genetic analysis systems and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 662 Expired
US5874219A Methods for concurrently processing multiple biological chip assays Physics 448 Expired
US5545531A Methods for making a device for concurrently processing multiple biological chip assays Physics 444 Expired
US6043080A Integrated nucleic acid diagnostic device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 407 Expired
US6197595A Integrated nucleic acid diagnostic device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 384 Expired
US5562100A Method for laser induced fluorescence of tissue Human Necessities 360 Expired
US5599695A Printing molecular library arrays using deprotection agents solely in the vapor phase Chemistry; Metallurgy 327 Expired
US5419323A Method for laser induced fluorescence of tissue Human Necessities 307 Expired
US5834758A Method and apparatus for imaging a sample on a device Physics 303 Expired
US5959098A Substrate preparation process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 302 Expired
US6830936B2 Integrated nucleic acid diagnostic device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 243 Expired
US6025601A Method and apparatus for imaging a sample on a device Physics 236 Expired
US6326211A Method of manipulating a gas bubble in a microfluidic device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 225 Expired
US5452723A Calibrated spectrographic imaging Human Necessities 221 Expired
US5831070A Printing oligonucleotide arrays using deprotection agents solely in the vapor phase Chemistry; Metallurgy 183 Expired
US8318430B2 Methods of fetal abnormality detection Chemistry; Metallurgy 172 Active
US5503805A Apparatus and method for parallel coupling reactions Chemistry; Metallurgy 142 Expired
US5312396A Pulsed laser system for the surgical removal of tissue Human Necessities 127 Expired
US9323888B2 Detecting and classifying copy number variation Chemistry; Metallurgy 92 Active
US6690966B1 Methods of molecular spectroscopy to provide for the diagnosis of tissue Physics 85 Expired
US5201318A Contour mapping of spectral diagnostics Physics 83 Expired
US6309831A Method of manufacturing biological chips Chemistry; Metallurgy 79 Expired

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