Hong Xu

This inventor holds 72 USPTO granted patents and 2 published patent applications, plus 1 CIPO patent and 6 EPO patents, primarily in Taste Receptor Research (CPC class G01N). Top assignees: Senomyx, Inc., Firmenich Incorporated, Senumyx, Inc.. Active years: 2004-2020.

USPTO Granted Patents = 72 (Patent Applications = 2)

% Patents Active = 63.9

CIPO Patents = 1 (Patent Applications = 1)

EPO Patents = 6 (Patent Applications = 4)

Average Co-Inventor Count = 5.2

ph-index = 23

Forward Citations = 1,441(Granted Patents)

Forward Citations (Not Self Cited) = 833(Dec 10, 2025)

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Company Filing History:

Firmenich Incorporated

Years Active: 2004-2020

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Areas of Expertise:

Taste Receptors

Hetero-Oligomeric

Sweet Signaling

Umami Modulators

Bitter Ligands

T1R Receptors

Cell Lines

Taste Compounds

Screening Methods

Functional Assays

CNG Channel

Chimeric Polypeptides

72 patents (USPTO):Sort by Forward CitationsExplore Patents

1. 10670584 - In vitro methods of detecting heteroligomeric T1R2/T2R3-expressing cells that are potentially sensitive to sweet tastants (2020-06-02),

2. 10591464 - Methods of using T1R hetero-oligomeric taste receptors to screen for compounds which modulate sweet or umami taste signaling (2020-03-17),

3. 10520502 - Identification of bitter ligands that specifically activate human T2R receptors and related assays for identifying human bitter taste modulators (2019-12-31),

4. 10352929 - T1R hetero-oligomeric taste receptors, cell lines that express said receptors, and taste compounds (2019-07-16),

5. 10114009 - Methods of detecting T1R hetero-oligomeric taste receptor expression to identify cells that are potentially sensitive to sweet tastants (2018-10-30),

6. 10088472 - Methods of using TIR hetero-oligomeric receptors for screening compounds that modulate sweet or umami taste (2018-10-02),

7. 9778258 - Identification of bitter ligands that specifically activate human T2R receptors and related assays for identifying human bitter taste modulators (2017-10-03),

8. 9671390 - In vitro method using hetero-oligomeric T1R1/T1R3 taste receptors to identify umami tastants (2017-06-06),

9. 9476869 - Methods of screening T1R hetero-oligomeric taste receptors for sweet taste modulators (2016-10-25),

10. 9459250 - Use of T1R3 venus flytrap region polypeptide to screen for taste modulators (2016-10-04),

11. 9176130 - Methods of screening T1R1/T1R3 receptors for compounds that modulate umami taste signaling (2015-11-03),

12. 9170254 - Identification of bitter ligands that specifically activate human T2R receptors and related assays for identifying human bitter taste modulators (2015-10-27),

13. 9091686 - Chimeric T1R taste receptor polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding and cell lines that express said chimeric T1R polypeptides (2015-07-28),

14. 8809000 - Methods of screening heteromeric T1R2/T1R3 receptors for compounds which modulate sweet taste signaling (2014-08-19),

15. 8802377 - Methods of detecting umami tastant-sensitive cells which express heteromeric T1R1/T1R3 receptors (2014-08-12),

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