Inventor · Vacaville, CA, US

Thomas H. Turpen

35Patents
16h-index
23Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 20, 1992 → Oct 29, 2004

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5316931A Plant viral vectors having heterologous subgenomic promoters for systemic expression of foreign genes Chemistry; Metallurgy 181 Expired
US5589367A Recombinant plant viral nucleic acids Chemistry; Metallurgy 100 Expired
US5866785A Recombinant plant viral nucleic acids Chemistry; Metallurgy 82 Expired
US5889190A Recombinant plant viral nucleic acids Chemistry; Metallurgy 67 Expired
US5889191A Viral amplification of recombinant messenger RNA in transgenic plants Chemistry; Metallurgy 59 Expired
US6284875A Method for recovering proteins from the interstitial fluid of plant tissues Chemistry; Metallurgy 41 Expired
US5977438A Production of peptides in plants as viral coat protein fusions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 38 Expired
US6033895A Process for isolating and purifying viruses, soluble proteins and peptides from plant sources Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Expired
US6037456A Process for isolating and purifying viruses, soluble proteins and peptides from plant sources Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US6841659B2 Method for recovering proteins from the interstitial fluid of plant tissues Chemistry; Metallurgy 27 Expired
US5811653A Viral amplification of recombinant messenger RNA in transgenic plants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US6740740B2 Process for isolating and purifying proteins and peptides from plant sources Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US5965794A Viral amplification of recombinant messenger RNA in transgenic plants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US7084256B2 Self antigen vaccines for treating B cell lymphomas and other cancers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US7034128B2 Method for recovering proteins from the interstitial fluid of plant tissues Chemistry; Metallurgy 21 Expired
US6441147B1 Method for recovering proteins from the interstitial fluid of plant tissues Chemistry; Metallurgy 19 Expired
US6846968B1 Production of lysosomal enzymes in plants by transient expression Chemistry; Metallurgy 15 Expired
US6054566A Recombinant animal viral nucleic acids Chemistry; Metallurgy 10 Expired
US6660500B2 Production of peptides in plants as viral coat protein fusions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US5837505A Melanin production from transformed escherichia coli Chemistry; Metallurgy 5 Expired
US6887696B2 Production of lysosomal enzymes in plants by transient expression Chemistry; Metallurgy 5 Expired
US6300133A RNA transformation vectors derived from an uncapped single-component RNA virus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US7297478B1 Creation of variable length and sequence linker regions for dual-domain or multi-domain molecules Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US6303779A Process for isolating and purifying viruses and sugars from plant sources Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US6890748B2 Production of lysosomal enzymes in plants by transient expression Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Expired

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