B01L 3/5029
Using swabs
Official title: {using swabs}
B01L3/5029 (Using swabs) appears on 488 US grants and 785 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B01L- Granted patents
- 488
- Published applications
- 785
- Assignees
- 407
- Inventors
- 1,596
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 3 | 11 |
| 2003 | 8 | 8 |
| 2004 | 4 | 19 |
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| 2006 | 7 | 15 |
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| 2010 | 11 | 28 |
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| 2019 | 15 | 45 |
| 2020 | 26 | 40 |
| 2021 | 27 | 50 |
| 2022 | 31 | 70 |
| 2023 | 31 | 67 |
| 2024 | 35 | 48 |
| 2025 | 34 | 44 |
| 2026 | 19 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Device for detecting an analyte in a sample30 Jun 2026US 12,669,501 B2Zhejiang Orient Gene Biotech Co., Ltd
- Device for testing a analyte in a liquid sample2 Jun 2026US 12,643,096 B2Hangzhou Biotest Biotech Co., LTD.
- Separation basket8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307071 A1Gentueri Inc.
- Specimen collector with dual collection matrices and method of use8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307075 A1Bode Cellmark Forensics, Inc.
- Lateral flow device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249286 A1Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
- Elution kit, analytical kit and method of eluting and analyzing a biological sample27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249297 A1
- In vitro diagnostic system27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249298 A1Sherlock Biosciences, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Lateral flow medical diagnostic assay device with sample extraction means229US 5,415,994 AQuidel Corporation · 1995
- Device for self contained solid phase immunodiffusion assay166US 4,770,853 ANew Horizons Diagnostics Corporation · 1988
- Assay cartridges and methods of using the same157US 7,497,997 B2Meso Scale Technologies, LLC. · 2009
- Specimen collection and test unit156US 4,707,450 A1987
- Specimen test unit156US 4,978,504 A1990