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Derek Smith — 89 Patents

COCodexis: 88 patents #6 of 250Top 3%
Novartis Ag: 1 patents #2,882 of 5,128Top 60%
Overall (All Time): #18,310 of 4,157,543Top 1%
89 Patents All Time
Derek Smith has been granted 89 US patents while listed as an inventor at Codexis. The first was granted in 2014 and the most recent in September 2025. Derek Smith ranks #18,310 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.44%). Patent records list Derek Smith in Singapore, CA, SG.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2014 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 16 patents in 2017.peak 162014: 2 patents20142015: 9 patents2016: 12 patents20162017: 16 patents2018: 10 patents20182019: 6 patents2020: 11 patents20202021: 7 patents2022: 2 patents20222023: 5 patents2024: 2 patents20242025: 7 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–50 of 89 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10787689 Engineered imine reductases and methods for the reductive amination of ketone and amine compounds Haibin Chen, Steven J. Collier, Jovana Nazor, Joly Sukumaran, Jeffrey C. Moore +9 more 2020-09-29 $8,102,000
10781429 Biocatalysts and methods for the synthesis of armodafinil Ee Lui Ang, Oscar Alvizo, Behnaz Behrouzian, Michael D. Clay, Steven J. Collier +7 more 2020-09-22 $4,016,000
10731189 Engineered proline hydroxylase polynucleotides and methods Haibin Chen, Yong Koy Bong, Fabien Louis Cabirol, Anupam Gohel Prafulchandra, Tao Li +4 more 2020-08-04 $9,063,000
10633640 Biocatalysts and methods for the synthesis of substituted lactams Fabien Louis Cabirol, Haibin Chen, Anupam Gohel, Paulina Elena Salim, Jacob Janey +4 more 2020-04-28 $7,350,000
10604744 Engineered transaminase polypeptides for industrial biocatalysis Martina Quintanar-Audelo, Ellen D. Eberhard, Jovana Nazor, Cuixia Wang 2020-03-31 $3,407,000
10557126 Polynucleotides encoding cyclohexanone monooxygenases Ee Lui Ang, Oscar Alvizo, Behnaz Behrouzian, Michael D. Clay, Steven J. Collier +7 more 2020-02-11 $6,647,000
10544402 Biocatalysts and methods for synthesizing derivatives of tryptamine and tryptamine analogs Jovana Nazor, Michael A. Crowe, Shiwei Song, Steven J. Collier 2020-01-28 $2,649,000
10544400 Biocatalysts for ezetimibe synthesis Michael A. Crowe, Oscar Alvizo, Behnaz Behrouzian, Yong Koy Bong, Steven J. Collier +6 more 2020-01-28 $2,649,000
10526587 Engineered biocatalysts and methods for synthesizing chiral amines Weng Lin Tang, Helen Hsieh, Son Pham, Steven J. Collier 2020-01-07 $9,211,000
10494656 Engineered imine reductases and methods for the reductive amination of ketone and amine compounds Haibin Chen, Steven J. Collier, Jovana Nazor, Joly Sukumaran, Jeffrey C. Moore +9 more 2019-12-03 $2,719,000
10435674 Engineered biocatalysts and methods for synthesizing chiral amines Weng Lin Tang, Helen Hsieh, Son Pham, Steven J. Collier 2019-10-08 $7,291,000
10400223 Biocatalysts and methods for the synthesis of armodafinil Ee Lui Ang, Oscar Alvizo, Behnaz Behrouzian, Michael D. Clay, Steven J. Collier +7 more 2019-09-03 $3,867,000
10370688 Methods for hydroxylyation of chemical compounds Haibin Chen, Yong Koy Bong, Fabien Louis Cabirol, Anupam Gohel Prafulchandra, Tao Li +4 more 2019-08-06 $3,539,000
10308966 Nucleic acids encoding engineered imine reductases Haibin Chen, Steven J. Collier, Jovana Nazor, Joly Sukumaran, Jeffrey C. Moore +9 more 2019-06-04 $8,862,000
10253303 Biocatalysts for the preparation of hydroxy substituted carbamates Fabien Louis Cabirol, Haibin Chen, Anupam Gohel, Steven J. Collier, Birgit Kosjek +1 more 2019-04-09 $12,008,000
10160983 Engineered imine reductases and methods for the reductive amination of ketone and amine compounds Haibin Chen, Steven J. Collier, Jovana Nazor, Joly Sukumaran, Jeffrey C. Moore +9 more 2018-12-25
10100287 Biocatalysts for the preparation of hydroxy substituted carbamates Fabien Louis Cabirol, Haibin Chen, Anupam Gohel, Steven J. Collier, Birgit Kosjek +1 more 2018-10-16 $3,342,000
10087426 Polynucleotides encoding cyclohexanone monooxygenases Ee Lui Ang, Oscar Alvizo, Behnaz Behrouzian, Michael D. Clay, Steven J. Collier +7 more 2018-10-02 $11,760,000
10066250 Engineered imine reductases and methods for the reductive amination of ketone and amine compounds Haibin Chen, Steven J. Collier, Jovana Nazor, Joly Sukumaran, Jeffrey C. Moore +9 more 2018-09-04 $11,961,000
10053673 Biocatalysts for Ezetimibe synthesis Michael A. Crowe, Oscar Alvizo, Behnaz Behrouzian, Yong Koy Bong, Steven J. Collier +6 more 2018-08-21 $10,399,000
9963685 Engineered transaminase polypeptides for industrial biocatalysis Martina Quintanar-Audelo, Ellen D. Eberhard, Jovana Nazor, Cuixia Wang 2018-05-08 $3,592,000
9963683 Biocatalytic process for preparing eslicarbazepine and analogs thereof Anupam Gohel, Brian Wong, Joly Sukumaran, Wan Lin Yeo, Steven J. Collier +1 more 2018-05-08 $3,592,000
9938509 Biocatalysts and methods for the synthesis of armodafinil Ee Lui Ang, Oscar Alvizo, Behnaz Behrouzian, Michael D. Clay, Steven J. Collier +7 more 2018-04-10 $6,497,000
9932613 Engineered imine reductases and methods for the reductive amination of ketone and amine compounds Haibin Chen, Steven J. Collier, Jovana Nazor, Joly Sukumaran, Jeffrey C. Moore +9 more 2018-04-03 $1,991,000
9902943 Engineered biocatalysts and methods for synthesizing chiral amines Weng Lin Tang, Helen Hsieh, Son Pham, Steven J. Collier 2018-02-27 $5,323,000