C12M 23/48
Holding appliances
Official title: {Holding appliances; Racks; Supports (holding devices for laboratory apparatus B01L9/00)}
C12M23/48 (Holding appliances) appears on 440 US grants and 784 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C12M- Granted patents
- 440
- Published applications
- 784
- Assignees
- 418
- Inventors
- 1,824
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 |
| 2003 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 4 | 8 |
| 2005 | 1 | 13 |
| 2006 | 1 | 8 |
| 2007 | 6 | 11 |
| 2008 | 1 | 9 |
| 2009 | 4 | 15 |
| 2010 | 11 | 22 |
| 2011 | 4 | 12 |
| 2012 | 11 | 12 |
| 2013 | 10 | 16 |
| 2014 | 12 | 17 |
| 2015 | 11 | 31 |
| 2016 | 20 | 42 |
| 2017 | 16 | 32 |
| 2018 | 22 | 32 |
| 2019 | 20 | 43 |
| 2020 | 17 | 24 |
| 2021 | 23 | 68 |
| 2022 | 27 | 65 |
| 2023 | 29 | 66 |
| 2024 | 44 | 76 |
| 2025 | 64 | 76 |
| 2026 | 23 | 75 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Support structures for automated cell engineering systems15 Sep 2026US 12,735,670 B2Octane Biotech Inc.
- Rack for holding a plurality of petri-dishes and transport packaging with the rack11 Aug 2026US 12,702,982 B2Merck Patent GmbH
- Apparatus for facilitating automated connection11 Aug 2026US 12,703,108 B2Multiply Labs Inc.
- Method and device for processing tissues and cells by rotating microfluidic chips mounted on a support plate14 Jul 2026US 12,680,067 B2Syntr Health Technologies, Inc.
- Systems and methods for cell culturing7 Jul 2026US 12,674,127 B2Flaskworks, LLC
- Improvements in cell culture8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308500 A1Cn Bio Innovations Limited
- Culture device and culture system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308503 A1Phc Holdings Corporation
- Sampling retractor system and method of use8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308505 A1Cytiva US LLC
- Detection device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297493 A1Japan Display Inc.
- Organ-on-a-chip System and Organ-on-a-chip Package24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286263 A1Darwin Precisions Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Cell culture reactor103US 4,201,845 AMonsanto Company · 1980
- Method and apparatus for aseptic growth or processing of biomass103US 6,245,555 B1The Penn State Research Foundation · 2001
- Automated cell management system for growth and manipulation of cultured cells97US 6,673,595 B2BioCrystal, Ltd. · 2004
- Growing cells in a reservoir formed of a flexible sterile plastic liner95US 6,709,862 B2The Penn State Research Foundation · 2004
- Controlled atmosphere incubator90US 6,503,751 B2Thermo Forma Inc. · 2003