B01L 2300/042
Caps
Official title: Caps; Plugs
B01L2300/042 (Caps) appears on 1,204 US grants and 1,835 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B01L- Granted patents
- 1,204
- Published applications
- 1,835
- Assignees
- 883
- Inventors
- 3,448
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 3 |
| 2002 | 10 | 19 |
| 2003 | 18 | 51 |
| 2004 | 12 | 48 |
| 2005 | 14 | 31 |
| 2006 | 9 | 36 |
| 2007 | 20 | 35 |
| 2008 | 10 | 45 |
| 2009 | 25 | 26 |
| 2010 | 33 | 38 |
| 2011 | 19 | 31 |
| 2012 | 31 | 49 |
| 2013 | 26 | 63 |
| 2014 | 39 | 58 |
| 2015 | 44 | 70 |
| 2016 | 58 | 84 |
| 2017 | 64 | 86 |
| 2018 | 59 | 90 |
| 2019 | 68 | 106 |
| 2020 | 58 | 120 |
| 2021 | 78 | 106 |
| 2022 | 91 | 175 |
| 2023 | 93 | 158 |
| 2024 | 104 | 124 |
| 2025 | 87 | 107 |
| 2026 | 56 | 76 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method of piercing seal for sample testing29 Sep 2026US 12,748,121 B2Augusta SpinCo Corporation
- Container for concentration, concentration equipment, and concentration method22 Sep 2026US 12,741,278 B2Biochromato, Inc.
- Tissue holder assembly and components thereof22 Sep 2026US 12,741,283 B2Hologic, Inc.
- Container and container arrangement for liquid to be dispensed1 Sep 2026US 12,722,156 B2Tecan Genomics, Inc.
- Tool for seizing and ejecting closure plugs for tubes receiving samples to be analysed, and use of such a tool25 Aug 2026US 12,715,747 B2Biomerieux
- Microfluidic Closure Assemblies1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295585 A1Overture Life, Inc.
- Method for manufacturing blood container1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295591 A1Nan Ya Plastics Corporation
- Reagent kit1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295593 A1Sysmex Corporation
- Two-phase flushing systems and methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273524 A1Illumina, Inc.
- Elution kit, analytical kit and method of eluting and analyzing a biological sample27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249297 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Disposable vacuum filtration apparatus capable of detecting microorganisms and particulates in liquid samples489US 6,913,152 B22005
- Thermal cycler for automatic performance of the polymerase chain reaction with close temperature control427US 5,475,610 AThe Perkin-Elmer Corporation · 1995
- Thermal cycler for automatic performance of the polymerase chain reaction with close temperature control274US 5,602,756 AThe Perkin-Elmer Corporation · 1997
- Automated continuous and random access analytical system248US 5,358,691 AAbbott Laboratories · 1994
- Scheduling operation of an automated analytical system230US 5,646,049 AAbbott Laboratories · 1997