Inventor · Menlo Park, CA, US

Ronald W. Davis

63Patents
18h-index
74Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 28, 1983 → Feb 8, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6858412B2 Direct multiplex characterization of genomic DNA Chemistry; Metallurgy 470 Expired
US6458530B1 Selecting tag nucleic acids Chemistry; Metallurgy 265 Expired
US8137912B2 Methods for the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities Physics 180 Active
US8168389B2 Fetal cell analysis using sample splitting Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 142 Active
US7700323B2 Method for detecting and amplifying target DNA Chemistry; Metallurgy 124 Active
US7785785B2 Charge perturbation detection system for DNA and other molecules Physics 115 Expired
US5391480A Method for detecting a nucleotide at a specific location within a nucleic acid using exonuclease activity Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 84 Expired
US5504005A Recombinant mycobacterial vaccine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 75 Expired
US11530438B2 Highly specific circular proximity ligation assay Physics 63 Active
US6822071B1 Polypeptides from Chlamydia pneumoniae and their use in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of disease Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Expired
US5524863A Quarter turn rotatable flow control valve Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 45 Expired
US4788135A System for efficient isolation of genes using probes Physics 40 Expired
US4661454A GAL1 yeast promoter linked to non galactokinase gene Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US7993880B2 Precircle probe nucleic acid amplification methods Chemistry; Metallurgy 34 Active
US7501253B2 DNA fingerprinting using a branch migration assay Chemistry; Metallurgy 29 Active
US8071395B2 Methods and apparatus for magnetic separation of cells Performing Operations; Transporting 29 Active
US5139936A Use of the GAL1 yeast promoter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US6004783A Cleaved amplified RFLP detection methods Chemistry; Metallurgy 23 Expired
US4906742A Encoding antigens of M. Leprae Human Necessities 18 Expired
US8614056B2 Microfluidic method for measurement or detection involving cells or biomolecules Performing Operations; Transporting 16 Active
US5854055A Recombinant mycobacteria Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US9017942B2 Rare cell analysis using sample splitting and DNA tags Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US8012756B2 Charge perturbation detection system for DNA and other molecules Physics 12 Active
US6270776A Recombinant mycobacterial vaccine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US8313907B2 Charge perturbation detection system for DNA and other molecules Physics 11 Active

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