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William Michael Lafferty — 19 Patents

DIDiversa: 8 patents #9 of 44Top 25%
SASyngenta Participations Ag: 3 patents #318 of 1,106Top 30%
SOSoliton: 1 patents #158 of 372Top 45%
TFThermo Fisher: 1 patents #1,342 of 2,015Top 70%
Leucadia, CA: #5 of 77 inventorsTop 7%
California: #31,067 of 386,348 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #229,345 of 4,157,543Top 6%
19 Patents All Time
William Michael Lafferty has been granted 19 US patents while listed as an inventor at Diversa. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in March 2020. William Michael Lafferty ranks #229,345 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.5%). Patent records list William Michael Lafferty in Leucadia, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10605734 Systems and methods for genetic sequencing Jonathan M. Rothberg, Keith G. Fife 2020-03-31
8758683 System for sampling and tracking plant material Scott Beaver, Charles Wilson Tweedy, Elizabeth Ann George, Walter James Frandsen, Jr. 2014-06-24 $5,333,000
8437874 Transfer station for plant material sampling and tracking system Scott Beaver, Charles Wilson Tweedy, Elizabeth Ann George, Walter James Frandsen, Jr., Anthony David Barghini +2 more 2013-05-07 $3,916,000
7980148 Device for sampling plant material Daniel S. Kline, Anthony David Barghini, Scott Beaver, James Coleman Lee 2011-07-19 $6,438,000
7019827 GigaMatrix holding tray having through-hole wells 2006-03-28 $2,587,000
6972183 Capillary array-based enzyme screening Jay M. Short, Martin Keller 2005-12-06 $2,711,000
6918738 Stackable sample holding plate with robot removable lid Scott Beaver, Charles Wilson Tweedy 2005-07-19 $3,119,000
6866824 Capillary array-based sample screening Jay M. Short, Martin Keller 2005-03-15 $3,012,000
6798520 Method for intensifying the optical detection of samples that are held in solution in the through-hole wells of a holding tray 2004-09-28 $4,684,000
6794127 Capillary array-based sample screening Jay M. Short, Martin Keller 2004-09-21 $4,775,000
6764818 Device for effecting heat transfer with a solution held in a through-hole well of a holding tray 2004-07-20 $2,731,000
D480814 Gigamatrix holding tray Scott Beaver, Daniel S. Kline 2003-10-14
5910765 Sensor module Charles S. Slemon, Clark C. Guest 1999-06-08
5743532 Method of making a side bet during blackjack 1998-04-28
5680104 Fiber optic security system Charles S. Slemon, Anthony Diamond 1997-10-21
5400641 Transformer oil gas extractor Charles S. Slemon, Anthony Diamond 1995-03-28
5191208 Fiber optic sensor system with a redundancy means and optimized throughout Charles S. Slemon, Clark C. Guest 1993-03-02
5051578 Self calibrating fiber optic sensor system with optimized throughput Charles S. Slemon, Clark C. Guest 1991-09-24
5049855 Security screen system Charles S. Slemon, Clark C. Guest, Anthony Diamond, Daniel S. Kline 1991-09-17