Inventor · Frederick, MD, US

Thomas R. Cech

42Patents
19h-index
13Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 3, 1986 → Aug 21, 2009

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4987071A RNA ribozyme polymerases, dephosphorylases, restriction endoribonucleases and methods Chemistry; Metallurgy 483 Expired
US5093246A RNA ribozyme polymerases, dephosphorylases, restriction endoribo-nucleases and methods Chemistry; Metallurgy 215 Expired
US5116742A RNA ribozyme restriction endoribonucleases and methods Chemistry; Metallurgy 157 Expired
US5180818A Site specific cleavage of single-stranded DNA Chemistry; Metallurgy 87 Expired
US6261836A Telomerase Chemistry; Metallurgy 76 Expired
US6475789B1 Human telomerase catalytic subunit: diagnostic and therapeutic methods Chemistry; Metallurgy 62 Expired
US6166178A Telomerase catalytic subunit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 60 Expired
US6444650B1 Antisense compositions for detecting and inhibiting telomerase reverse transcriptase Chemistry; Metallurgy 54 Expired
US6093809A Telomerase Chemistry; Metallurgy 53 Expired
US6617110B1 Cells immortalized with telomerase reverse transcriptase for use in drug screening Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 48 Expired
US5354855A RNA Ribozyme which cleaves substrate RNA without formation of a convalent bond Chemistry; Metallurgy 46 Expired
US5854038A Localization of a therapeutic agent in a cell in vitro Chemistry; Metallurgy 44 Expired
US6696250B1 RNA ribozyme polymerases, dephosphorylases, restriction endoribonucleases and methods Chemistry; Metallurgy 38 Expired
US7262288B1 Nucleic acids encoding human telomerase reverse transcriptase and related homologs Chemistry; Metallurgy 29 Expired
US5037746A RNA ribozyme polymerases, and methods Chemistry; Metallurgy 26 Expired
US6309867A Telomerase Chemistry; Metallurgy 25 Expired
US7195911B2 Mammalian cells that have increased proliferative capacity Chemistry; Metallurgy 23 Expired
US6627619B2 Antisense compositions for detecting and inhibiting telomerase reverse transcriptase Chemistry; Metallurgy 22 Expired
US6927285B2 Genes for human telomerase reverse transcriptase and telomerase variants Chemistry; Metallurgy 19 Expired
US5667969A Alteration of sequence of a deleterious target molecule by ribozyme catalyzed trans-splicing Chemistry; Metallurgy 18 Expired
US6025167A RNA ribozyme polymerases, dephosphorylases, restriction endoribonucleases and methods Chemistry; Metallurgy 18 Expired
US7056513B2 Telomerase Chemistry; Metallurgy 16 Expired
US5869254A Alteration of sequence of a target molecule by ribozyme catalyzed trans-splicing Chemistry; Metallurgy 13 Expired
US7297488B2 Identifying and testing antisense oligonucleotides that inhibit telomerase reverse transcriptase Chemistry; Metallurgy 13 Expired
US6808880B2 Method for detecting polynucleotides encoding telomerase Chemistry; Metallurgy 12 Expired

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