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Brian Steer — 16 Patents

VEVerenium: 5 patents #22 of 114Top 20%
GEGenomatica: 4 patents #30 of 119Top 30%
BABp Corporation North America: 4 patents #52 of 812Top 7%
TFThermo Fisher: 2 patents #950 of 2,015Top 50%
SASyngenta Participations Ag: 2 patents #456 of 1,106Top 45%
SLShell Research Limited: 1 patents #53 of 163Top 35%
BEBasf Enzymes: 1 patents #43 of 77Top 60%
San Diego, CA: #2,757 of 23,606 inventorsTop 15%
California: #37,952 of 386,348 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #284,196 of 4,157,543Top 7%
16 Patents All Time
Brian Steer has been granted 16 US patents while listed as an inventor at Verenium. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in May 2025. Brian Steer ranks #284,196 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.8%). Patent records list Brian Steer in San Diego, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–16 of 16 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12312627 Microorganisms and methods for production of 4-hydroxybutyrate, 1,4-butanediol and related compounds Priti Pharkya, Anthony P. Burgard, Stephen J. Van Dien, Robin E. Osterhout, Mark J. Burk +4 more 2025-05-27
D1061937 Biomolecule transfer device Chee Woei CHONG, Hwee Siong KUAH, Mio Ling, Kian Soon Wong, Jun Yao Lim +18 more 2025-02-11
11932845 Microorganisms and methods for production of 4-hydroxybutyrate, 1,4-butanediol and related compounds Priti Pharkya, Anthony P. Burgard, Stephen J. Van Dien, Robin E. Osterhout, Mark J. Burk +2 more 2024-03-19
11085015 Microorganisms and methods for production of 4-hydroxybutyrate, 1,4-butanediol and related compounds Priti Pharkya, Anthony P. Burgard, Stephen J. Van Dien, Robin E. Osterhout, Mark J. Burk +2 more 2021-08-10
10329549 Glucanases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them Shaun Healey, Alireza Esteghlalian, Stacy Miles, Kenneth Barrett, Rene Quadt 2019-06-25 $52,472,000
10196617 Phytases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them Arne Solbak, Mark Dycaico, Katie Kline, Axel Christoph Trefzer, Thomas Todaro +3 more 2019-02-05
9765319 Xylanases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them Walter Callen, Shaun Healey, Geoff Hazlewood, Di Wu, David Blum +1 more 2017-09-19 $45,797,000
9677045 Microorganisms and methods for production of 4-hydroxybutyrate, 1,4-butanediol and related compounds Priti Pharkya, Anthony P. Burgard, Stephen J. Van Dien, Robin E. Osterhout, Mark J. Burk +2 more 2017-06-13
9422536 Glucanases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them Walter Callen, Shaun Healey, Derrick Pulliam 2016-08-23 $92,982,000
8936924 Methods for using a thermostable phytase in ethanol production Arne Solbak, Mark Dycaico, Katie Kline, Axel Christoph Trefzer, Thomas Todaro +3 more 2015-01-20
8877478 Phytases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them Alberto Alvarado, Mark Dycaico, Fatima El-Farrah, Gerhard Frey, Katie Kline +3 more 2014-11-04
8728769 Xylanases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them Walter Callen, Shaun Healey, Geoff Hazlewood, Di Wu, David Blum +1 more 2014-05-20
7960148 Glucanases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them Walter Callen, Shaun Healey, Derrick Pulliam 2011-06-14
7547534 Methods for making a composition to treat a wood, a pulp or a paper Walter Callen, Shaun Healey, Geoff Hazlewood, Di Wu, David Blum +1 more 2009-06-16 $3,136,000
7504120 Xylanases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them Walter Callen, Shaun Healey, Geoff Hazlewood, Di Wu, David Blum +1 more 2009-03-17 $1,100,000
5324745 Solid pesticidal formulation, a process for its preparation and the use thereof Michael Sayer, Alister Christie Hill, Teresa J. Reid 1994-06-28