Robert Hess
36Patents
17h-index
33Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 5, 1988 → Oct 19, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6716629B2 | Apparatus for assay, synthesis and storage, and methods of manufacture, use, and manipulation thereof | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 274 | Expired |
| US6274726A | Pressure-enhanced extraction and purification | Physics | 103 | Expired |
| US6157894A | Liquid gauging using sensor fusion and data fusion | Physics | 76 | Expired |
| US6270723A | Rapid cryobaric sterilization and vaccine preparation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 56 | Expired |
| US7682565B2 | Assay apparatus and method using microfluidic arrays | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 52 | Active |
| US8105554B2 | Nanoliter array loading | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 49 | Active |
| US6111096A | Nucleic acid isolation and purification | Physics | 35 | Expired |
| US6448065B2 | Integrated sequencing device | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US6120985A | Pressure-enhanced extraction and purification | Physics | 32 | Expired |
| US5370131A | Condom restrainer ring structure with retention notch | Human Necessities | 32 | Expired |
| US6245506A | Integrated sequencing device | Physics | 30 | Expired |
| US4893847A | Bearing seal for universal ball joint | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 28 | Expired |
| US8116998B2 | Battery health assessment estimator | Physics | 23 | Active |
| US7626017B2 | Pressure-enhanced extraction and purification | Physics | 21 | Active |
| US6072606A | Close-lit holographic nightlight display lighting system | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US9314764B2 | Apparatus for assay, synthesis and storage, and methods of manufacture, use, and manipulation thereof | Physics | 19 | Active |
| US5370130A | Adjustable condom restrainer ring structure by an elongated funicle | Human Necessities | 19 | Expired |
| US6696019B2 | Rapid cryobaric sterilization and vaccine preparation | Human Necessities | 7 | Expired |
| US7296006B2 | Method of inferring rotorcraft gross weight | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US6258534A | Pressure-controlled nucleic acid hybridization | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 5 | Expired |
| US10421545B2 | Vehicle display | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Active |
| US8697452B2 | Thermal cycling assay apparatus and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Active |
| US8545772B2 | Nanoliter array loading | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Active |
| US9968903B2 | Apparatus for assay, synthesis and storage, and methods of manufacture, use, and manipulation thereof | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US10213761B2 | Coating process for microfluidic sample arrays | Performing Operations; Transporting | 2 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.