Inventor · Menlo Park, CA, US

Stephen Turner

195Patents
54h-index
111Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 8, 1977 → May 1, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7315019B2 Arrays of optical confinements and uses thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 582 Active
US6917726B2 Zero-mode clad waveguides for performing spectroscopy with confined effective observation volumes Physics 470 Expired
US7056661B2 Method for sequencing nucleic acid molecules Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 467 Expired
US7170050B2 Apparatus and methods for optical analysis of molecules Physics 426 Expired
US7052847B2 Method for sequencing nucleic acid molecules Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 399 Expired
US7033764B2 Method for sequencing nucleic acid molecules Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 331 Expired
US7056676B2 Method for sequencing nucleic acid molecules Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 314 Expired
US7361466B2 Nucleic acid analysis using terminal-phosphate-labeled nucleotides Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 280 Expired
US7476503B2 Apparatus and method for performing nucleic acid analysis Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 252 Expired
US8153375B2 Compositions and methods for nucleic acid sequencing Physics 249 Active
US7302146B2 Apparatus and method for analysis of molecules Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 205 Expired
US8133672B2 Two slow-step polymerase enzyme systems and methods Chemistry; Metallurgy 203 Active
US7416844B2 Composition for nucleic acid sequencing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 179 Expired
US7820983B2 Substrates, systems and methods for analyzing materials Physics 176 Active
US7313308B2 Optical analysis of molecules Physics 165 Active
US7013054B2 Waveguides for performing spectroscopy with confined effective observation volumes Physics 148 Expired
US7476504B2 Use of reversible extension terminator in nucleic acid sequencing Physics 143 Active
US8465699B2 Illumination of integrated analytical systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 137 Active
US8053742B2 Substrates, systems and methods for analyzing materials Physics 131 Active
US7181122B1 Zero-mode waveguides Physics 128 Expired
US7838847B2 Substrates, systems and methods for analyzing materials Physics 124 Active
US7907800B2 Methods for monitoring reactions in zero mode waveguides Physics 120 Active
US8207509B2 Substrates, systems and methods for analyzing materials Physics 116 Active
US8455193B2 Compositions and methods for nucleic acid sequencing Physics 116 Active
US7292742B2 Waveguides for performing enzymatic reactions Physics 108 Active

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