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John W. Backus — 14 Patents

Johnson & Johnson: 7 patents #1,421 of 7,810Top 20%
ODOrtho-Clinical Diagnostics: 5 patents #20 of 238Top 9%
Williamson, NY: #19 of 114 inventorsTop 20%
New York: #10,566 of 115,490 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
John W. Backus has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at Johnson & Johnson. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in January 2015. John W. Backus ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list John W. Backus in Williamson, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2015Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1996.peak 21996: 2 patents19961997: 2 patents1998: 1 patents19981999: 1 patents2000: 1 patents20002001: 2 patents2002: 1 patents20022004: 1 patents2007: 1 patents20072012: 1 patents2015: 1 patents2015

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8940492 Calibrator/control for simultaneous assay of proteins capable of complexing with one another Jian Zheng, George Bashirians 2015-01-27
8148157 Reference, calibrator, or control composition of PIGF-1 and sFlt-1 Jian Zheng, George Bashirians 2012-04-03
7267950 Rapid extraction of RNA from cells and tissues Robert T. Belly, Jacqueline Toner 2007-09-11
6699986 Electrophoretic separation of nucleic acids from proteins at low ph Carol Kreader 2004-03-02
6475729 Nucleic acid amplification and detection methods using rapid polymerase chain reaction cycle John Bruce Findley, William Harold Donish, John W. Sutherland 2002-11-05 $201,079,000
6300075 Enhancement of the specificity of nucleic acid amplification by carrier nucleic acid Gregory Preston 2001-10-09
6280930 Amplifying and detecting target nucleic acids using a post amplification incubation step Marcia L. Kramer, Joseph S. Falvo 2001-08-28 $341,263,000
6126839 Use of an alcohol-salt buffer wash for the efficient recovery of mycobacteria and mycobacterial DNA from respiratory sediment Carol Kreader, JoAnne H. Kerschner, Rashmi Mehta 2000-10-03
6001558 Amplification and detection of HIV-1 and/or HIV 2 Susan Melissa Atwood, Ann E. Casey, Eric Rasmussen, Thomas J. Cummins 1999-12-14
5705366 Coamplification of target nucleic acids using volume exclusion agent in reaction composition, test kit and test device useful therefor 1998-01-06 $52,452,000
5674717 Rapid method for preferential coamplification of two different nucleic acid sequences using polymerase chain reaction William Harold Donish, John B. Findlay, John W. Sutherland, Marlene M. King 1997-10-07 $22,246,000
5622822 Methods for capture and selective release of nucleic acids using polyethyleneimine and an anionic phosphate ester surfactant and amplification of same Tobias E. Ekeze, David J. Sharkey, Richard C. Sutton, JoAnne H. Kerschner 1997-04-22 $185,304,000
5582988 Methods for capture and selective release of nucleic acids using weakly basic polymer and amplification of same Tobias E. Ekeze, Jerome Swartz, Richard C. Sutton, Ignazio S. Ponticello, JoAnne H. Kerschner +1 more 1996-12-10 $79,190,000
5559013 Method of amplification using intermediate renaturation step John W. Sutherland 1996-09-24 $107,559,000