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Daniel Bensen — 10 Patents

Merck: 6 patents #1,833 of 9,382Top 20%
LSLawrence Livermore National Security: 4 patents #302 of 1,665Top 20%
CTCidara Therapeutics: 1 patents #20 of 30Top 70%
Carlsbad, CA: #553 of 2,500 inventorsTop 25%
California: #61,378 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Daniel Bensen has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at Merck. The first was granted in 2016 and the most recent in October 2025. Daniel Bensen ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Daniel Bensen in Carlsbad, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2016 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2020.peak 22016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents20172018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents20192020: 2 patents20202023: 1 patents20232024: 1 patents20242025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12441707 Indazole compounds Robert L. Hudkins 2025-10-14
12264149 Indazole compounds as kinase inhibitors Robert L. Hudkins 2025-04-01
12071428 Indazole compounds as kinase inhibitors Robert L. Hudkins 2024-08-27 $17,817,000
11833213 Compositions and methods for the treatment of viral infections James M. Balkovec, Allen Borchardt, Thomas Brady, Zhi-Yong CHEN, Jason Cole +6 more 2023-12-05 $1,802,000
10865216 Tricyclic Gyrase inhibitors Allen Borchardt, Zhiyong Chen, John Finn, Thanh To Lam, Suk Joong Lee +9 more 2020-12-15 $366,193,000
10858360 Tricyclic gyrase inhibitors Zhiyong Chen, John Finn, Thanh To Lam, Suk Joong Lee, Xiaoming Li +9 more 2020-12-08 $152,153,000
10385055 Tricyclic gyrase inhibitors John Finn, Leslie W. TARI, Zhiyong Chen, Junhu Zhang, Douglas Phillipson +10 more 2019-08-20 $299,540,000
10047105 Gyrase inhibitors Christopher J. Creighton, Leslie W. TARI, Zhiyong Chen, Mark Hilgers, Thanh To Lam +4 more 2018-08-14 $83,932,000
9732083 Tricyclic gyrase inhibitors Zhiyong Chen, John Finn, Thanh To Lam, Suk Joong Lee, Xiaoming Li +9 more 2017-08-15 $57,816,000
9481675 Gyrase inhibitors Christopher J. Creighton, Leslie W. TARI, Zhiyong Chen, Mark Hilgers, Thanh To Lam +4 more 2016-11-01 $137,376,000