B01L 9/52
Supports specially adapted for flat sample carriers
Official title: {Supports specially adapted for flat sample carriers, e.g. for plates, slides, chips}
B01L9/52 (Supports specially adapted for flat sample carriers) appears on 1,906 US grants and 2,750 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B01L- Granted patents
- 1,906
- Published applications
- 2,750
- Assignees
- 1,113
- Inventors
- 5,140
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 20 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 21 | 0 |
| 2000 | 21 | 0 |
| 2001 | 22 | 15 |
| 2002 | 27 | 63 |
| 2003 | 35 | 95 |
| 2004 | 32 | 111 |
| 2005 | 41 | 139 |
| 2006 | 44 | 111 |
| 2007 | 48 | 87 |
| 2008 | 56 | 78 |
| 2009 | 59 | 92 |
| 2010 | 62 | 90 |
| 2011 | 56 | 68 |
| 2012 | 60 | 78 |
| 2013 | 70 | 83 |
| 2014 | 53 | 75 |
| 2015 | 75 | 68 |
| 2016 | 64 | 109 |
| 2017 | 66 | 95 |
| 2018 | 77 | 104 |
| 2019 | 77 | 146 |
| 2020 | 87 | 158 |
| 2021 | 102 | 158 |
| 2022 | 109 | 182 |
| 2023 | 117 | 150 |
| 2024 | 140 | 170 |
| 2025 | 119 | 136 |
| 2026 | 74 | 89 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sequencing systems including a base unit and removable cartridge6 Oct 2026US 12,752,272 B2EGI Tech (Qing Dao) Co., Limited
- 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
- Sample carrier interface and method29 Sep 2026US 12,748,295 B2Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH
- Fluorescence detector for microfluidic diagnostic system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307078 A1HandyLab, 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.
- Container installation apparatus and container17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273535 A1Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- A slide cover and an incubation chamber containing such a slide cover10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264085 A13Dhistech Kft.
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