B82Y 15/00
Nanotechnology for interacting, sensing or actuating
Official title: Nanotechnology for interacting, sensing or actuating, e.g. quantum dots as markers in protein assays or molecular motors
B82Y15/00 (Nanotechnology for interacting, sensing or actuating) appears on 3,831 US grants and 4,702 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B82Y- Granted patents
- 3,831
- Published applications
- 4,702
- Assignees
- 1,848
- Inventors
- 10,215
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 13 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 29 | 0 |
| 1992 | 21 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 42 | 0 |
| 1998 | 43 | 0 |
| 1999 | 59 | 0 |
| 2000 | 75 | 0 |
| 2001 | 75 | 37 |
| 2002 | 95 | 180 |
| 2003 | 118 | 153 |
| 2004 | 113 | 166 |
| 2005 | 83 | 167 |
| 2006 | 118 | 188 |
| 2007 | 91 | 229 |
| 2008 | 94 | 197 |
| 2009 | 122 | 188 |
| 2010 | 118 | 244 |
| 2011 | 133 | 223 |
| 2012 | 142 | 238 |
| 2013 | 160 | 283 |
| 2014 | 195 | 243 |
| 2015 | 174 | 207 |
| 2016 | 185 | 177 |
| 2017 | 172 | 163 |
| 2018 | 126 | 156 |
| 2019 | 140 | 240 |
| 2020 | 137 | 189 |
| 2021 | 155 | 190 |
| 2022 | 132 | 161 |
| 2023 | 128 | 168 |
| 2024 | 91 | 126 |
| 2025 | 97 | 111 |
| 2026 | 65 | 78 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Single-cell-based electrochemical sensor based on functionalized nano-probe and application thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,754,158 B2Jiangnan University
- Electrically-driven organic color-center-based single-photon sources and sensors6 Oct 2026US 12,757,571 B2University of Maryland, College Park
- Plasmonic device29 Sep 2026US 12,748,049 B2Ostia Technologies Limited
- Carbon nanotube acoustic lens for underwater high intensity acoustic delivery29 Sep 2026US 12,748,078 B2The Boeing Company
- Light-driven nanodrones15 Sep 2026US 12,736,744 B2Julius-Maximilians-UniversitäT WüRzburg
- Thermal detector8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309551 A1Keio University
- Ultrabright fluorescent nanoconstructs as universal enhancers8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309701 A1Washington University
- System and Method for Single Protein Detection by Digital Plasmonic Nanobubbles8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309704 A1Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- Systems and methods for fabrication of a part with an embedded quantum sensor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309812 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- System and Method for Bilateral Communication Between Humans and Non-Human Animals Using Neural Interfaces1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294321 A1Qomplx LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for optical imaging with means for controlling the longitudinal range of the sample1,199US 5,321,501 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1994
- Method and apparatus for performing optical measurements using a fiber optic imaging guidewire, catheter or endoscope1,079US 6,134,003 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 2000
- Method and apparatus for performing optical measurements1,018US 5,459,570 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1995
- Fiber optic needle probes for optical coherence tomography imaging722US 6,564,087 B1Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2003
- Fiber optic imaging endoscope interferometer with at least one faraday rotator710US 6,501,551 B1Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2002