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Ling Chen — 29 Patents

Merck: 4 patents #2,516 of 9,382Top 30%
Stanford University: 3 patents #905 of 5,197Top 20%
LPLexicon Pharmaceuticals: 3 patents #45 of 138Top 35%
CSCadence Design Systems: 3 patents #657 of 2,265Top 30%
SBSignify Holding B.V.: 2 patents #462 of 1,458Top 35%
CCCalifornia Pacific Medical Center: 2 patents #5 of 15Top 35%
GCGemtek Technology Co.: 1 patents #30 of 72Top 45%
Overall (All Time): #127,851 of 4,157,543Top 4%
29 Patents All Time
Ling Chen has been granted 29 US patents while listed as an inventor at Merck. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in October 2025. Ling Chen ranks #127,851 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.1%). Patent records list Ling Chen in Changsha, GA, CN.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1998 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2025.peak 51998: 2 patents19982001: 1 patents2004: 2 patents20042006: 1 patents2007: 1 patents20072010: 1 patents2012: 3 patents20122013: 1 patents2014: 1 patents20142016: 1 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 1 patents2019: 3 patents20192023: 2 patents2024: 2 patents20242025: 5 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 29 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12435341 Genetic loci associated with rust resistance in soybeans Zhixing Shan, Qingnan Hao, Hao Chen, Yanyan Yang, Chanjuan Zhang +11 more 2025-10-07
12422737 Heat reflection light valve of LCD projector and projector 2025-09-23
12422740 Projector with thermal superconducting material for heat dissipation 2025-09-23
12313963 Micro-display optical engine and projector Rao Chen, Yating Pan, Jie Wang 2025-05-27
12287081 Systems and methods for providing lighting using modular heat sink structures and lenses 2025-04-29
12038150 Lighting devices with uplighting with adjustable optics 2024-07-16
11891634 PDE5A destabilizing domains Thomas J. Wandless, Yusaku MIYAMAE 2024-02-06
11733597 Heat radiating device of LCD projector 2023-08-22
D987154 Garden lamp 2023-05-23
10509306 Monolithic LCD projector 2019-12-17
10389368 Dual path phase-locked loop circuit Fuyue Wang, Thomas Evan Wilson, Jianyun Zhang, Eric Naviasky 2019-08-20 $22,609,000
10345845 Fast settling bias circuit Fuyue Wang, Thomas Evan Wilson, Jianyun Zhang, Eric Naviasky 2019-07-09 $59,781,000
10161974 Frequency to current circuit Fuyue Wang, Thomas Evan Wilson, Jianyun Zhang, Eric Naviasky 2018-12-25
9838994 Production system and method for location-aware environment Kuo-Tsai Lee, Cory Lam, Chih-Cheng Chang, Yu-Tse Tseng 2017-12-05
9602196 Devices and methods for flow control of messages in a passive optical network (PON) and methods therein Laith Said 2017-03-21 $744,000
9487787 Method for regulating protein function in cells using synthetic small molecules Thomas J. Wandless, Laura A. Banaszynski, Mari Iwamoto, Lystranne Alysia Maynard 2016-11-08
8861964 Methods and arrangements in optical network Shuyou Dong 2014-10-14 $299,000
8591891 Monoclonal antibodies against ANGPTL4 E-Chiang Lee, Gregory Landes, Kyu-young Chung, Urvi Desai, David R. Powell +1 more 2013-11-26 $14,158,000
8212940 Hybrid architecture of TV receiving devices Dave Xiao Dong Yang, Nien-Tsu Wang, Hsi-Chen Wang, Chih-Ching Steve Chou 2012-07-03
8173792 Method for regulating protein function in cells using synthetic small molecules Thomas J. Wandless, Laura A. Banaszynski, Mari Iwamoto, Lystranne Alysia Maynard 2012-05-08
8092796 Monoclonal antibodies against ANGPTL4 E-Chiang Lee, Gregory Landes, Kyu-young Chung, Urvi Desai, David R. Powell +1 more 2012-01-10 $1,799,000
7655762 Monoclonal antibodies against ANGPTL4 E-Chiang Lee, Gregory Landes, Kyu-young Chung, Urvi Desai, David R. Powell +1 more 2010-02-02 $8,308,000
7211569 Synthetic human papilloma virus genes Michael P. Neeper, William L. McClements, Kathrin Ute Jansen, Loren D. Schultz, Xin Wang 2007-05-01 $100,127,000
7001995 Synthetic human papillomavirus genes Michael P. Neeper, William L. McClements, Kathrin Ute Jansen, Loren D. Schultz, Xin Wang 2006-02-21 $54,332,000
6787351 Adenovirus carrying gag gene HIV vaccine John Shiver, Andrew J. Bett, Danilo Casimiro, Michael Caulfield, Michael Chastain +1 more 2004-09-07 $110,901,000