B01L 9/00
Supporting devices
Official title: Supporting devices; Holding devices
B01L9/00 (Supporting devices) appears on 3,962 US grants and 5,069 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B01L- Granted patents
- 3,962
- Published applications
- 5,069
- Assignees
- 2,006
- Inventors
- 9,588
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | 19 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 15 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
| 1984 | 13 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
| 1986 | 13 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 13 | 0 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 24 | 0 |
| 1991 | 25 | 0 |
| 1992 | 32 | 0 |
| 1993 | 32 | 0 |
| 1994 | 42 | 0 |
| 1995 | 35 | 0 |
| 1996 | 49 | 0 |
| 1997 | 54 | 0 |
| 1998 | 46 | 0 |
| 1999 | 54 | 0 |
| 2000 | 66 | 0 |
| 2001 | 44 | 25 |
| 2002 | 50 | 103 |
| 2003 | 72 | 153 |
| 2004 | 64 | 163 |
| 2005 | 63 | 207 |
| 2006 | 64 | 165 |
| 2007 | 75 | 140 |
| 2008 | 83 | 142 |
| 2009 | 86 | 145 |
| 2010 | 102 | 173 |
| 2011 | 94 | 129 |
| 2012 | 110 | 153 |
| 2013 | 130 | 154 |
| 2014 | 117 | 176 |
| 2015 | 154 | 170 |
| 2016 | 140 | 200 |
| 2017 | 149 | 214 |
| 2018 | 158 | 225 |
| 2019 | 175 | 307 |
| 2020 | 185 | 313 |
| 2021 | 205 | 321 |
| 2022 | 201 | 315 |
| 2023 | 215 | 264 |
| 2024 | 243 | 318 |
| 2025 | 226 | 244 |
| 2026 | 133 | 150 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B01L 9/52Supports specially adapted for flat sample carriers1,906
- B01L 9/06Test-tube stands1,202
- B01L 9/54Supports specially adapted for pipettes and burettes508
- B01L 9/50Clamping means191
- B01L 9/56Means for indicating position of a recipient or sample in an array119
- B01L 9/02Laboratory benches or tables100
- B01L 9/04Retort stands24
Recent patents
- Sequencing systems including a base unit and removable cartridge6 Oct 2026US 12,752,272 B2EGI Tech (Qing Dao) Co., Limited
- Pressure-stepped chemical reactions and associated methods, systems, apparatuses, and articles6 Oct 2026US 12,752,275 B2CEM Corporation
- System and method for multi-axis imaging of specimens6 Oct 2026US 12,752,276 B2Faxitron Bioptics, LLC
- Bracket6 Oct 2026US 12,752,277 B2Randox Laboratories Limited
- Sample taking device, sample taking system and method of operating a sample taking device6 Oct 2026US 12,754,107 B2LockCon AG
- Fluorescence detector for microfluidic diagnostic system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307078 A1HandyLab, Inc.
- Integrated device for nucleic acid extraction, amplification and detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307079 A1Hefei Dahui Gene Technology Co., Ltd
- Pipette Tip Support Card Bundles8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307080 A1Xcaliber Sciences, Inc.
- Specimen holder1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295595 A1Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
- Packaging tray and multi-function micro-fluidic assembly having same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295596 A1Vital Biosciences Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Mesoscale polynucleotide amplification devices1,091US 5,587,128 AThe Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Mesoscale polynucleotide amplification device and method1,042US 5,498,392 AThe Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Methods and apparatus for the detection of an analyte utilizing mesoscale flow systems1,006US 5,637,469 AThe Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Integrated nucleic acid diagnostic device1,005US 5,856,174 AAffymetrix, Inc. · 1999
- Integrated nucleic acid diagnostic device989US 5,922,591 AAffymetrix, Inc. · 1999