A61B 5/0071
By measuring fluorescence emission
Official title: {by measuring fluorescence emission}
A61B5/0071 (By measuring fluorescence emission) appears on 2,410 US grants and 3,566 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,410
- Published applications
- 3,566
- Assignees
- 1,162
- Inventors
- 5,607
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 97 | 117 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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