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Robert C. Kain
Also filed as: KAIN ROBERT · KAIN ROBERT C · KAIN ROBERT CHARLES · KAIN SR ROBERT C
68 granted patents·15 pending applications·2,915 citations·filing 1995–2025
99Inventor score
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83 records- 0199US7835871B2Nucleic acid sequencing system and methodILLUMINA INC·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 16, 2010·252 cites·34 claims
- 0298US10621164B1Community data aggregation with automated followupLunaPBC·Filed 2019·Granted Apr 14, 2020·74 cites·30 claims
- 0398US8906320B1Biosensors for biological or chemical analysis and systems and methods for sameILLUMINA INC·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 9, 2014·109 cites·12 claims
- 0498US8637242B2Integrated sequencing apparatuses and methods of useILLUMINA INC·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 28, 2014·96 cites·29 claims
- 0598US5672880AFluoresecence imaging systemMOLECULAR DYNAMICS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 30, 1997·233 cites·30 claims
- 0697US12182084B2Biosensors for biological or chemical analysis and systems and methods for sameILLUMINA INC·Filed 2023·Granted Dec 31, 2024·1 cites·17 claims
- 0797US9990381B2Biosensors for biological or chemical analysis and systems and methods for sameILLUMINA INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 5, 2018·19 cites·20 claims
- 0897US9453258B2Methods and compositions for nucleic acid sequencingILLUMINA INC·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 27, 2016·119 cites·26 claims
- 0997US8158926B2Confocal imaging methods and apparatusFENG WENYI·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 17, 2012·63 cites·24 claims
- 1097US7901897B2Methods of making arraysILLUMINA INC·Filed 2009·Granted Mar 8, 2011·61 cites·34 claims
- 1197US7329860B2Confocal imaging methods and apparatusILLUMINA INC·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 12, 2008·294 cites·46 claims
- 1297US5754291AMicro-imaging systemMOLECULAR DYNAMICS INC·Filed 1996·Granted May 19, 1998·221 cites·19 claims
- 1397US5719391AFluorescence imaging system employing a macro scanning objectiveMOLECULAR DYNAMICS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Feb 17, 1998·175 cites·39 claims
- 1496US8914241B2Nucleic acid sequencing system and methodKAIN ROBERT C·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 16, 2014·27 cites·20 claims
- 1596US8628952B2Array kits and processing systemsSTUELPNAGEL JOHN R·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 14, 2014·46 cites·70 claims
- 1696US8244479B2Nucleic acid sequencing system and method using a subset of sites of a substrateKAIN ROBERT C·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 14, 2012·38 cites·39 claims
- 1796US5578818ALED point scanning systemMOLECULAR DYNAMICS·Filed 1995·Granted Nov 26, 1996·249 cites·34 claims
- 1895US8725425B2Image data efficient genetic sequencing method and systemHEINER DAVID L·Filed 2008·Granted May 13, 2014·34 cites·30 claims
- 1995US8315817B2Independently removable nucleic acid sequencing system and methodKAIN ROBERT C·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 20, 2012·29 cites·29 claims
- 2094US8412467B2Nucleic acid sequencing system and methodKAIN ROBERT C·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 2, 2013·14 cites·20 claims
- 2194US7791013B2Biological microarray line scanning method and systemILLUMINA INC·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 7, 2010·28 cites·44 claims
- 2294US5528050ACompact scan head with multiple scanning modalitiesMOLECULAR DYNAMICS INC·Filed 1995·Granted Jun 18, 1996·153 cites·49 claims
- 2393US10167505B2Integrated sequencing apparatuses and methods of useILLUMINA INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 1, 2019·7 cites·17 claims
- 2493US6008892AOptical substrate for enhanced detectability of fluorescenceMOLECULAR DYNAMICS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 28, 1999·115 cites·13 claims
- 2592US11499191B2Independently removable nucleic acid sequencing system and methodILLUMINA INC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 15, 2022·4 cites·21 claims
- 2692US10053730B2Independently removable nucleic acid sequencing system and methodILLUMINA INC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 21, 2018·5 cites·22 claims
- 2792US9797012B2Nucleic acid sequencing system and methodILLUMINA INC·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 24, 2017·11 cites·16 claims
- 2892US9121063B2Independently removable nucleic acid sequencing system and methodILLUMINA INC·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 1, 2015·7 cites·20 claims
- 2992US5646411AFluorescence imaging system compatible with macro and micro scanning objectivesMOLECULAR DYNAMICS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 8, 1997·137 cites·42 claims
- 3092US2025053547A1Biosensors for biological or chemical analysis and systems and methods for sameILLUMINA INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3191US10287629B2Methods and compositions for nucleic acid sequencingILLUMINA INC·Filed 2016·Granted May 14, 2019·4 cites·19 claims
- 3291US6177990B1Optical substrate for enhanced detectability of fluorescenceMOLECULAR DYNAMICS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 23, 2001·93 cites·10 claims
- 3390US9116139B2Sequence scheduling and sample distribution techniquesILLUMINA INC·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 25, 2015·7 cites·34 claims
- 3490US7589315B2Confocal imaging methods and apparatusILLUMINA INC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 15, 2009·16 cites·24 claims
- 3589US12421546B2Nucleic acid sequencing systemILLUMINA INC·Filed 2024·Granted Sep 23, 2025·0 cites·19 claims
- 3689US10900077B2Methods and compositions for nucleic acid sequencingILLUMINA INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 26, 2021·2 cites·18 claims
- 3789US9444880B2Cloud computing environment for biological dataILLUMINA INC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 13, 2016·9 cites·28 claims
- 3889US8884211B2Confocal imaging methods and apparatusFENG WENYI·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 11, 2014·6 cites·29 claims
- 3989US8597594B2Apparatus for fragmenting nucleic acidsPOSNER JONATHAN·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 3, 2013·10 cites·21 claims
- 4089US5847400AFluorescence imaging system having reduced background fluorescenceMOLECULAR DYNAMICS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 8, 1998·99 cites·16 claims
- 4188US11874214B1Biosensors for biological or chemical analysis and systems and methods for sameILLUMINA INC·Filed 2023·Granted Jan 16, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 4288US7960685B2Confocal imaging methods and apparatusILLUMINA INC·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 14, 2011·12 cites·20 claims
- 4388US7813013B2Hexagonal site line scanning method and systemILLUMINA INC·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 12, 2010·22 cites·30 claims
- 4485US2024141428A1Methods and compositions for nucleic acid sequencingILLUMINA INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 4584US11697847B2Super resolution imagingILLUMINA INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jul 11, 2023·1 cites·19 claims
- 4684US2024120093A1Cloud computing environment for biological dataILLUMINA INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 4784US2023220444A1Portable genetic detection and analysis system and methodILLUMINA INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 4883US12497656B2Independently removable nucleic acid sequencing system and methodILLUMINA INC·Filed 2022·Granted Dec 16, 2025·0 cites·8 claims
- 4982US12497657B2Nucleic acid sequencing systemILLUMINA INC·Filed 2025·Granted Dec 16, 2025·0 cites·28 claims
- 5082US9816929B2Confocal imaging methods and apparatusILLUMINA INC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 14, 2017·2 cites·13 claims
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