B04B 2011/046
Loading, unloading, manipulating sample containers
Official title: {Loading, unloading, manipulating sample containers}
B04B2011/046 (Loading, unloading, manipulating sample containers) appears on 97 US grants and 114 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B04B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 114
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- 58
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- Latest grant
- 17 Feb 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Automated sample processing system including automatic centrifuge device289US 6,060,022 ABeckman Coulter, Inc. · 2000
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- Automatic sample container handling centrifuge and a rotor for use therein93US 5,551,941 AE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company · 1996
- Receiving device and receiving means, transfer device, and workstation and method for their operation73US 6,458,324 B1Tecan Trading AG · 2002
- Pipetter47US 6,374,683 B1Genomic Instrumentation Services, Inc. · 2002