Inventor · Owings Mills, MD, US

Tobin Hellyer

29Patents
8h-index
31Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 5, 1997 → Nov 7, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6586584B2 Sequences and methods for detection of Hepatitis C virus Chemistry; Metallurgy 63 Expired
US6316200A Probes and methods for detection of nucleic acids Chemistry; Metallurgy 52 Expired
US7932060B2 Immuno-amplification Chemistry; Metallurgy 30 Active
US8859199B2 Use of an extraction control in a method of extracting nucleic acids Chemistry; Metallurgy 27 Active
US6743582B2 Probes and methods for detection of nucleic acids Chemistry; Metallurgy 13 Expired
US6656680B2 Probes and methods for detection of nucleic acids Chemistry; Metallurgy 12 Expired
US6258546A Detection of nucleic acid amplification Chemistry; Metallurgy 10 Expired
US6261785A Amplification and detection of Bordetella pertussis Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Expired
US6251609A Amplification and detection of Legionella pneumophila targeting the mip gene Chemistry; Metallurgy 7 Expired
US6060252A Amplification and detection of shigella spp. and enteroinvasive strains of Escherichia coli Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US6156508A Detection of M. tuberculosis complex via reverse transcriptase SDA Chemistry; Metallurgy 5 Expired
US7662562B2 Method for rapid identification of microorganisms Chemistry; Metallurgy 5 Expired
US8323929B2 Methods for detecting nucleic acid sequence variations Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Active
US8420320B2 Method for rapid identification of microorganisms Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Active
US6207818A Amplification and detection of shigella spp. and enteroinvasive strains of Escherichia coli Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Expired
US7371531B2 Use of an extraction control in a method of extracting nucleic acids Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Expired
US6583279B1 Sequences and methods for detection of hepatitis B virus Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Expired
US6162605A Amplification and detection of shiga-like toxin I producing organisms Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Expired
US8916349B2 Assay method for target nucleic acid by signal amplification using probe hybridization and restriction Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Active
US6165721A Amplification and detection of Salmonella spp Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Expired
US8597884B2 Process controls for molecular assay Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Active
US6277582A Amplification and detection of mycoplasma pneumoniae targeting the P1 gene Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Expired
US8372605B2 Immuno-amplification Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active
US9499858B2 Immuno-amplification Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active
US9624555B2 Sequences and methods for detecting influenza A and influenza B virus Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active

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