Lansing Taylor obtained >29 patents for his inventions.His patents include Standing Wave Luminescence microscopy (US4621911A), Field synthesis and optical subsectioning for standing wave microscopy (US-6055097-A), System for Cell-based screening (US5989835A), Miniaturized cell array methods and apparatus for cell-based screening (US-6103479-A), and Method for automated tissue analysis (US8114615B2).