C12M 21/06
Bioreactors or fermenters specially adapted for specific uses: for in vitro fertilization
Official title: {for in vitro fertilization}
C12M21/06 (Bioreactors or fermenters specially adapted for specific uses: for in vitro fertilization) appears on 142 US grants and 260 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C12M- Granted patents
- 142
- Published applications
- 260
- Assignees
- 159
- Inventors
- 528
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 7 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 3 | 16 |
| 2011 | 2 | 13 |
| 2012 | 6 | 10 |
| 2013 | 3 | 17 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13 |
| 2015 | 10 | 12 |
| 2016 | 7 | 22 |
| 2017 | 7 | 13 |
| 2018 | 7 | 4 |
| 2019 | 10 | 15 |
| 2020 | 5 | 14 |
| 2021 | 7 | 11 |
| 2022 | 7 | 8 |
| 2023 | 6 | 15 |
| 2024 | 9 | 25 |
| 2025 | 17 | 10 |
| 2026 | 4 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Gas permeable intravaginal culture device14 Jul 2026US 12,680,061 B2Reprohealth Technologies, Inc.
- In vitro fertilization system and components associated therewith21 Apr 2026US 12,606,782 B2Overture Life, Inc.
- Device for observing a living cell or a set of living cells13 Jan 2026US 12,522,790 B2Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal De Poissy-Saint-Germain
- System and method for sperm sorting6 Jan 2026US 12,517,030 B2The Brigham and Women S Hospital, Inc.
- Systems and methods for sperm selection9 Dec 2025US 12,491,515 B2Florida Atlantic University Research Corporation
- In Vitro Fertilization System and Components Associated Therewith30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218097 A1Overture Life, Inc.
- A valve system for a modular incubator system25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176569 A1Esco Medical Technologies, UAB
- System and method for ex-vivo development18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167915 A1Becoming Bio, Inc.
- A modular incubator system4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152709 A1Esco Medical Technologies, UAB
- Egg Preparation System in an Intelligent Automated Fertility Platform21 May 2026US 2026/0137422 A1Conceivable Life Sciences Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Microfluidic embryo and/or oocyte handling device and method96US 6,193,647 B1The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · 2001
- Methods and apparatus for the manipulation of particle suspensions and testing thereof96US 8,293,524 B2Fluxion Biosciences Inc. · 2012
- Microfluidic particle-analysis systems90US 8,658,418 B2Fluidigm Corporation · 2014
- Fallopian tube and method of in vitro fertilization and embryo development69US 6,673,008 B12004
- Biological specimen containment and incubation device60US 5,681,742 ALouisville Laboratories, Inc. · 1997