C12M 31/00
Means for providing, directing, scattering or concentrating light
Official title: {Means for providing, directing, scattering or concentrating light (C12M41/06 takes precedence)}
C12M31/00 (Means for providing, directing, scattering or concentrating light) appears on 348 US grants and 645 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C12M- Granted patents
- 348
- Published applications
- 645
- Assignees
- 406
- Inventors
- 1,293
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 1 |
| 2003 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 11 |
| 2009 | 3 | 23 |
| 2010 | 5 | 30 |
| 2011 | 8 | 36 |
| 2012 | 3 | 30 |
| 2013 | 13 | 32 |
| 2014 | 12 | 28 |
| 2015 | 17 | 22 |
| 2016 | 17 | 38 |
| 2017 | 25 | 44 |
| 2018 | 14 | 22 |
| 2019 | 26 | 25 |
| 2020 | 16 | 62 |
| 2021 | 15 | 47 |
| 2022 | 28 | 41 |
| 2023 | 27 | 37 |
| 2024 | 29 | 36 |
| 2025 | 27 | 44 |
| 2026 | 15 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Single-cell screening device, screening assembly, screening method, and use thereof1 Sep 2026US 12,723,225 B2Shanghai Aurefluidics Technology Co., Ltd
- Cell detaching apparatus and cell detaching method25 Aug 2026US 12,716,046 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Detection device18 Aug 2026US 12,710,372 B2Magnolia White Corporation
- Methods and systems for generating graph representations of a scene18 Aug 2026US 12,711,676 B2AUMOVIO Germany GmbH
- Closed photobioreactors for microorganism cultivation28 Jul 2026US 12,692,466 B2Brevel Ltd.
- Detection device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297493 A1Japan Display Inc.
- Index-matched, bulk-scattering optical fibers for enhancing photosynthesis by photosynthetic microorganisms and to methods of preparing and using the same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276865 A1Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
- Modularly scalable photobioreactor3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258331 A1Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
- Modular carbon capture system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208104 A1
- Biological reactor23 Jul 2026US 2026/0209670 A1Greenskill Technology Holdings Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Marine LED lighting system and method169US 7,220,018 B2Orbital Technologies Corporation · 2007
- Method of culturing algae capable of producing phototrophic pigments, highly unsaturated fatty acids, or polysaccharides at high concentration119US 6,579,714 B1Micro Gaia Co., Ltd. · 2003
- Photobioreactors and closed ecological life support systems and artifificial lungs containing the same85US 5,614,378 AThe Regents of the University of Michigan · 1997
- Photobioreactor74US 4,952,511 AMartek Corporation · 1990
- Bioreactor and system for improved productivity of photosynthetic algae73US 5,958,761 AYeda Research and Developement Co. Ltd. · 1999