Inventor · Knoxville, TN, US

Stephen C. Jacobson

22Patents
12h-index
13Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 26, 1996 → Aug 20, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6524456B1 Microfluidic devices for the controlled manipulation of small volumes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 610 Expired
US5858187A Apparatus and method for performing electrodynamic focusing on a microchip Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 385 Expired
US6120666A Microfabricated device and method for multiplexed electrokinetic focusing of fluid streams and a transport cytometry method using same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 241 Expired
US6790328B2 Microfluidic device and method for focusing, segmenting, and dispensing of a fluid stream Performing Operations; Transporting 228 Expired
US6062261A MicrofluIdic circuit designs for performing electrokinetic manipulations that reduce the number of voltage sources and fluid reservoirs Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 199 Expired
US6213151A Microfluidic circuit designs for performing fluidic manipulations that reduce the number of pumping sources and fluid reservoirs Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 185 Expired
US7422669B2 Microfluidic device and method for focusing, segmenting, and dispensing of a fluid stream Performing Operations; Transporting 116 Expired
US7238268B2 Microfluidic devices for the controlled manipulation of small volumes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 96 Expired
US6783647B2 Microfluidic systems and methods of transport and lysis of cells and analysis of cell lysate Performing Operations; Transporting 74 Expired
US6685809B1 Methods for forming small-volume electrical contacts and material manipulations with fluidic microchannels Performing Operations; Transporting 59 Expired
US6056859A Method and apparatus for staining immobilized nucleic acids Performing Operations; Transporting 33 Expired
US7419575B2 Microfluidic systems and methods for transport and lysis of cells and analysis of cell lysate Performing Operations; Transporting 23 Active
US8268633B2 Microfluidic devices for the controlled manipulation of small volumes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US9211539B2 Variable volume mixing and automatic fluid management for programmable microfluids Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US7727363B2 Microfluidic device and methods for focusing fluid streams using electroosmotically induced pressures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US10052628B2 Compact microfluidic structures for manipulating fluids Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active
US8083915B2 Methods for forming small-volume electrical contacts and material manipulations with fluid microchannels Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US10821437B2 Compact microfluidic structures for manipulating fluids Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US9440207B2 Compact microfluidic structures for manipulating fluids Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US7909973B2 Methods for forming small-volume electrical contacts and material manipulations with fluidic microchannels Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US7931790B2 Methods for forming small-volume electrical contacts and material manipulations with fluidic microchannels Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US7297243B2 Methods for forming small-volume electrical contacts and material manipulations with fluidic microchannels Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Expired

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