Inventor · Redwood City, CA, US

Sam Woo

54Patents
21h-index
42Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 13, 1979 → Aug 11, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5188934A 4,7-dichlorofluorescein dyes as molecular probes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 297 Expired
US4757141A Amino-derivatized phosphite and phosphate linking agents, phosphoramidite precursors, and useful conjugates thereof Chemistry; Metallurgy 281 Expired
US5366860A Spectrally resolvable rhodamine dyes for nucleic acid sequence determination Chemistry; Metallurgy 215 Expired
US4855225A Method of detecting electrophoretically separated oligonucleotides Chemistry; Metallurgy 211 Expired
US5470705A Probe composition containing a binding domain and polymer chain and methods of use Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 121 Expired
US7955864B2 Device and method for making discrete volumes of a first fluid in contact with a second fluid, which are immiscible with each other Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 107 Active
US5514543A Method and probe composition for detecting multiple sequences in a single assay Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 83 Expired
US5453505A N-heteroaromatic ion and iminium ion substituted cyanine dyes for use as fluorescence labels Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 82 Expired
US5580732A Method of DNA sequencing employing a mixed DNA-polymer chain probe Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 79 Expired
US5231191A Rhodamine phosphoramidite compounds Chemistry; Metallurgy 69 Expired
US5703222A Probe composition containing a binding domain and polymer chain and methods of use Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 58 Expired
US5989871A Kits for DNA sequencing employing a mixed DNA-polymer chain probe Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 54 Expired
US4965349A Method of synthesizing oligonucleotides labeled with ammonia-labile groups on solid phase supports Chemistry; Metallurgy 53 Expired
US5777096A Probe composition containing a binding domain and polymer chain and methods of use Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Expired
US5624800A Method of DNA sequencing employing a mixed DNA-polymer chain probe Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Expired
US5807682A Probe composition containing a binding domain and polymer chain and method of use Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 44 Expired
US5654442A 4,7-dichlorofluorescein dyes as molecular probes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US9194772B2 Apparatus, system, and method using immiscible-fluid-discrete-volumes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Active
US5212304A Amino-derivatized phosphoramidite linking agents Chemistry; Metallurgy 26 Expired
US5258538A 2,3-disubstituted-1,3,2-oxazaphosphacycloalkanes as nucleic acid linking agents Chemistry; Metallurgy 25 Expired
US5552471A Solid support reagents for the synthesis of 3'-Nitrogen containing polynucleotides Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US10450604B2 Device and method for making discrete volumes of a first fluid in contact with a second fluid, which are immiscible with each other Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Active
US10041113B2 Apparatus, system, and method using immiscible-fluid-discrete-volumes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Active
US6743905B2 Mobility-modified nucleobase polymers and methods of using same Chemistry; Metallurgy 16 Expired
US6096723A 4,7-dichlorofluorescein dyes as molecular probes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired

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