Inventor · San Mateo, CA, US

Will Bloch

24Patents
14h-index
23Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 20, 1986 → Dec 20, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6033880A Nucleic acid amplification reaction apparatus and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 505 Expired
US5720923A Nucleic acid amplification reaction apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 382 Expired
US5827480A Nucleic acid amplification reaction apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 200 Expired
US5411876A Use of grease or wax in the polymerase chain reaction Physics 169 Expired
US5779977A Nucleic acid amplification reaction apparatus and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 156 Expired
US5538871A In situ polymerase chain reaction Chemistry; Metallurgy 83 Expired
US5866429A Precision and accuracy of anion-exchange separation of nucleic acids Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 68 Expired
US5565339A Compositions and methods for inhibiting dimerization of primers during storage of polymerase chain reaction reagents Chemistry; Metallurgy 67 Expired
US4789630A Ionic compounds containing the cationic meriquinone of a benzidine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 56 Expired
US6511810B2 Polynucleotide sequence assay Chemistry; Metallurgy 40 Expired
US5891313A Entrapment of nucleic acid sequencing template in sample mixtures by entangled polymer networks Physics 25 Expired
US5041378A Procaryotic xylose isomerase muteins Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US5972618A Detection of mutations in nucleic acids by chemical cleavage Chemistry; Metallurgy 22 Expired
US5856192A Precision and accuracy of anion-exchange separation of nucleic acids Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US6051636A Entrapment of nucleic acid sequencing template in sample mixtures by entangled polymer networks Physics 10 Expired
US4946943A Purification of ribotoxins and their conjugates Human Necessities 6 Expired
US4962189A Ribotoxin conjugates Human Necessities 6 Expired
US6783940B2 Method of reducing non-specific amplification in PCR Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US6841349B2 Methods for the reduction of stutter in microsatellite amplification Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Expired
US6780588B2 Methods for the reduction of stutter in microsatellite amplification Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Expired
US7556943B2 Linear amplification of short nucleic acids Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Active
US7211385B2 Methods for the reduction of stutter microsatellite amplification Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Expired
US8628925B2 Linear amplification of short nucleic acids Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active
US9394557B2 Linear amplification of short nucleic acids Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active

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