C12M 31/10
Means for providing, directing, scattering or concentrating light: by light emitting elements
Official title: {by light emitting elements located inside the reactor, e.g. LED or OLED}
C12M31/10 (Means for providing, directing, scattering or concentrating light: by light emitting elements) appears on 147 US grants and 290 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C12M- Granted patents
- 147
- Published applications
- 290
- Assignees
- 188
- Inventors
- 519
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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