C12M 1/00
Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology
C12M1/00 (Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology) appears on 1,110 US grants and 1,954 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C12M- Granted patents
- 1,110
- Published applications
- 1,954
- Assignees
- 916
- Inventors
- 4,197
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 4 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 12 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 6 |
| 2008 | 2 | 8 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 |
| 2010 | 5 | 14 |
| 2011 | 7 | 28 |
| 2012 | 9 | 25 |
| 2013 | 17 | 36 |
| 2014 | 25 | 26 |
| 2015 | 27 | 28 |
| 2016 | 31 | 33 |
| 2017 | 18 | 142 |
| 2018 | 39 | 234 |
| 2019 | 73 | 272 |
| 2020 | 134 | 231 |
| 2021 | 136 | 174 |
| 2022 | 152 | 127 |
| 2023 | 151 | 133 |
| 2024 | 107 | 186 |
| 2025 | 87 | 129 |
| 2026 | 67 | 92 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- C12M 1/34Measuring or testing with condition measuring or sensing means418
- C12M 1/26Inoculator or sampler113
- C12M 1/42Apparatus for the treatment of microorganisms or enzymes with electrical or wave87
- C12M 1/36Including condition or time responsive control74
- C12M 1/12Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology: with sterilisation, filtration or dialysis means63
- C12M 1/04Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology: with gas introduction means55
- C12M 1/02Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology: with agitation means49
- C12M 1/16Containing, or adapted to contain, solid media33
All 19 subgroupsShow fewer
- C12M 1/005Incubators30
- C12M 1/40Apparatus specially designed for the use of free, immobilised, or carrier-bound enzymes28
- C12M 1/007Flexible bags or containers20
- C12M 1/24Tube or bottle type20
- C12M 1/14Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology: with means providing thin layers or with19
- C12M 1/10Rotatably mounted18
- C12M 1/33Disintegrators10
- C12M 1/22Petri dishes9
- C12M 1/002Photo bio reactors8
- C12M 1/107Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology: with means for collecting fermentation gases6
- C12M 1/21Froth suppressors0
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Microfabricated crossflow devices and methods564US 7,294,503 B2California Institute of Technology · 2007
- Microscale devices and reactions in microscale devices407US 6,057,149 AUniversity of Michigan · 2000
- Microfluidic device and methods of using same405US 7,118,910 B2Fluidigm Corporation · 2006
- Integrated active flux microfluidic devices and methods385US 6,767,706 B2California Institute of Technology · 2004
- Microfabricated crossflow devices and methods199US 8,252,539 B2California Institute of Technology · 2012