C12M 31/08
Means for providing, directing, scattering or concentrating light: by conducting or reflecting
Official title: {by conducting or reflecting elements located inside the reactor or in its structure}
C12M31/08 (Means for providing, directing, scattering or concentrating light: by conducting or reflecting) appears on 100 US grants and 183 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C12M- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 10 Mar 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Photobioreactor74US 4,952,511 AMartek Corporation · 1990
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