William D. Hitz
65Patents
18h-index
66Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 27, 1992 → Aug 6, 2015
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5850026A | Canola oil having increased oleic acid and decreased linolenic acid content | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 167 | Expired |
| US6372965B1 | Genes for microsomal delta-12 fatty acid desaturases and hydroxylases from plants | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 134 | Expired |
| US5443974A | Nucleotide sequence of soybean stearoyl-ACP desaturase gene | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 99 | Expired |
| US6063947A | Canola oil having increased oleic acid and decreased linolenic acid content | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 79 | Expired |
| US7109392B1 | Methods for increasing oleic acid content in seeds from transgenic plants containing a mutant delta 12 desaturase | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 73 | Expired |
| US5955650A | Nucleotide sequences of canola and soybean palmitoyl-ACP thioesterase genes and their use in the regulation of fatty acid content of the oils of soybean and canola plants | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 63 | Expired |
| US5945585A | Specific for palmitoyl, stearoyl and oleoyl-alp thioesters nucleic acid fragments encoding acyl-acp thiosesterase enzymes and the use of these fragments in altering plant oil composition | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 62 | Expired |
| US7244563B2 | Genes for plant fatty acid modifying enzymes associated with conjugated double bond formation | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 42 | Expired |
| US5530186A | Nucleotide sequences of soybean acyl-ACP thioesterase genes | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 41 | Expired |
| US6864077B1 | Membrane-bound desaturases | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 40 | Expired |
| US6426448B1 | Gene combinations that alter the quality and functionality of soybean oil | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 37 | Expired |
| US8084074B2 | Production of very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in oil seed plants | Human Necessities | 35 | Active |
| US6583303B1 | Canola oil having increased oleic acid and decreased linolenic acid content | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 27 | Expired |
| US6919466B2 | Genes for microsomal delta-12 fatty acid desaturases and related enzymes from plants | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 23 | Expired |
| US5846784A | Fatty acid modifying enzymes from developing seeds of Vernonia galamenensis | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 20 | Expired |
| US6872872B1 | Genes for microsomal delta-12 fatty acid desaturases and related enzymes from plants | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 20 | Expired |
| US8927809B2 | DGAT genes from Yarrowia lipolytica for increased seed storage lipid production and altered fatty acid profiles in soybean | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 19 | Active |
| US6593514B1 | Method for the production of calendic acid, a fatty acid containing delta-8,10,12 conjugated double bonds and related fatty acids having a modification at the delta-9 position | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 18 | Expired |
| US8476048B2 | Xylose utilizing zymomonas mobilis with improved ethanol production in biomass hydrolysate medium | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Active |
| US5760206A | Nucleotide sequence of soybean stearoyl-ACP desaturase gene | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 10 | Expired |
| US6441278B1 | Canola oil having increased oleic acid and decreased linolenic acid content | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 7 | Expired |
| US8143473B2 | DGAT genes from Yarrowia lipolytica for increased seed storage lipid production and altered fatty acid profiles in soybean | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 7 | Active |
| US7176349B1 | Production of polyhydroxyalkanoate in plants | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 7 | Expired |
| US6967262B2 | Plant raffinose saccharide biosynthetic enzymes | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 7 | Expired |
| US6383776B1 | Plant sugar transport proteins | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.