Inventor · San Mateo, CA, US

Steven J. Boege

40Patents
11h-index
32Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: May 12, 2003 → Nov 4, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7480042B1 Luminescence reference standards Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 121 Expired
US7635588B2 Apparatus and method for differentiating multiple fluorescence signals by excitation wavelength Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 121 Expired
US7709808B2 Systems, methods and apparatus for single molecule sequencing Physics 71 Active
US7387891B2 Optical instrument including excitation source Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US7423750B2 Configurations, systems, and methods for optical scanning with at least one first relative angular motion and at least one second angular motion or at least one linear motion Physics 40 Active
US7599060B2 Optical scanning configurations, systems, and methods involving at least one actuator for scanning a scan head Physics 22 Active
US7295316B2 Fluorescent detector with automatic changing filters Physics 19 Expired
US7289217B2 Fluorescent detector with automatic changing filters Physics 19 Expired
US7410793B2 Optical instrument including excitation source Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US8591836B2 Caps for sample wells and microcards for biological materials Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Active
US7248359B2 Combining multi-spectral light from spatially separated sources Physics 12 Expired
US7407798B2 Lens assembly for biological testing Physics 11 Active
US7742164B1 Luminescence reference standards Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US7446288B2 Device including inductively heatable fluid retainment region, and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US8809040B2 Apparatus and method for differentiating multiple fluorescence signals by excitation wavelength Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US6839179B2 Imaging system and method for reduction of interstitial images Physics 5 Expired
US9188527B2 Monochromator-based and filter-based detection system Physics 5 Active
US8557569B2 Optical instrument including excitation source Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US8492138B2 Optical instrument including excitation source Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US8834797B2 Scanning system and method for imaging and sequencing Physics 3 Active
US9914123B2 Caps for sample wells and microcards for biological materials Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active
US9175333B2 Caps for sample wells and microcards for biological materials Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US9285318B2 Optical instrument including excitation source Physics 2 Active
US10768110B2 Apparatus and method for differentiating multiple fluorescence signals by excitation wavelength Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US10054776B1 Low-autofluorescence and low-reflectance optical components for microscopes, and microscopes utilizing same Physics 2 Active

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