B01L 3/50
Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed
Official title: {Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes (devices for taking samples of blood A61B5/15)}
B01L3/50 (Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed) appears on 21,802 US grants and 31,665 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B01L- Granted patents
- 21,802
- Published applications
- 31,665
- Assignees
- 7,561
- Inventors
- 43,794
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 46 | 0 |
| 1977 | 28 | 0 |
| 1978 | 44 | 0 |
| 1979 | 27 | 0 |
| 1980 | 40 | 0 |
| 1981 | 32 | 0 |
| 1982 | 28 | 0 |
| 1983 | 19 | 0 |
| 1984 | 30 | 0 |
| 1985 | 39 | 0 |
| 1986 | 27 | 0 |
| 1987 | 42 | 0 |
| 1988 | 55 | 0 |
| 1989 | 73 | 0 |
| 1990 | 90 | 0 |
| 1991 | 78 | 0 |
| 1992 | 117 | 0 |
| 1993 | 130 | 0 |
| 1994 | 109 | 0 |
| 1995 | 114 | 0 |
| 1996 | 116 | 0 |
| 1997 | 154 | 0 |
| 1998 | 205 | 0 |
| 1999 | 239 | 0 |
| 2000 | 247 | 0 |
| 2001 | 254 | 131 |
| 2002 | 308 | 639 |
| 2003 | 353 | 824 |
| 2004 | 325 | 844 |
| 2005 | 319 | 928 |
| 2006 | 346 | 966 |
| 2007 | 384 | 893 |
| 2008 | 391 | 951 |
| 2009 | 411 | 986 |
| 2010 | 631 | 1157 |
| 2011 | 611 | 1400 |
| 2012 | 713 | 1046 |
| 2013 | 740 | 1097 |
| 2014 | 837 | 1264 |
| 2015 | 938 | 1285 |
| 2016 | 927 | 1354 |
| 2017 | 1007 | 1361 |
| 2018 | 1029 | 1564 |
| 2019 | 1102 | 1717 |
| 2020 | 1242 | 1822 |
| 2021 | 1200 | 1934 |
| 2022 | 1227 | 1904 |
| 2023 | 1197 | 1799 |
| 2024 | 1251 | 1659 |
| 2025 | 1151 | 1329 |
| 2026 | 779 | 811 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Fluid control devices and methods of using the same6 Oct 2026US 12,751,652 B2Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Fluid control devices and methods of using the same6 Oct 2026US 12,751,653 B2Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Pipette tip adapter6 Oct 2026US 12,752,268 B2Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC
- Large scale microdroplet generation apparatus and methods of manufacturing thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,752,269 B2The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
- Microstructure and molecular detection method6 Oct 2026US 12,752,270 B2Korea University Research and Business Foundation
- Assay device and method of use thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307069 A1Truvian Sciences, Inc.
- Customizable testing cartridges and reader box for nucleic acid amplification assays8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307070 A1Omnibox, Inc.
- Separation basket8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307071 A1Gentueri Inc.
- Experimental chip8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307072 A1Micro-gRx, Inc
- Devices and systems for isolating particles in solution by particle permitivity8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307073 A1Sigil Biosciences, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tissue penetration device1,208US 7,025,774 B2Pelikan Technologies, Inc. · 2006
- Mesoscale polynucleotide amplification devices1,091US 5,587,128 AThe Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Robust system for screening mail for biological agents1,080US 6,887,710 B2MesoSystems Technology, Inc. · 2005
- Mesoscale polynucleotide amplification device and method1,042US 5,498,392 AThe Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Melt-blown fibrous web1,019US 5,582,907 APall Corporation · 1996