C12M 33/00
Means for introduction, transport, positioning, extraction, harvesting, peeling or sampling of biological
Official title: {Means for introduction, transport, positioning, extraction, harvesting, peeling or sampling of biological material in or from the apparatus (chemical or physical laboratory apparatus in general B01L, devices for taking cell samples A61B10/0045, withdrawing or distributing predetermined quantities of fluid B01L99/00)}
C12M33/00 (Means for introduction, transport, positioning, extraction, harvesting, peeling or sampling of biological) appears on 1,948 US grants and 2,921 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C12M- Granted patents
- 1,948
- Published applications
- 2,921
- Assignees
- 1,449
- Inventors
- 6,187
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | 14 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 16 | 0 |
| 1981 | 16 | 0 |
| 1982 | 19 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 13 | 0 |
| 1987 | 19 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 15 | 0 |
| 1990 | 16 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 19 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 16 | 4 |
| 2002 | 14 | 19 |
| 2003 | 13 | 25 |
| 2004 | 16 | 28 |
| 2005 | 11 | 22 |
| 2006 | 12 | 25 |
| 2007 | 14 | 32 |
| 2008 | 11 | 41 |
| 2009 | 11 | 51 |
| 2010 | 22 | 79 |
| 2011 | 22 | 57 |
| 2012 | 38 | 78 |
| 2013 | 44 | 108 |
| 2014 | 54 | 102 |
| 2015 | 58 | 111 |
| 2016 | 73 | 145 |
| 2017 | 89 | 166 |
| 2018 | 85 | 130 |
| 2019 | 114 | 176 |
| 2020 | 116 | 222 |
| 2021 | 113 | 240 |
| 2022 | 128 | 253 |
| 2023 | 135 | 205 |
| 2024 | 162 | 229 |
| 2025 | 164 | 207 |
| 2026 | 103 | 166 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- C12M 33/04Means for introduction, transport, positioning, extraction, harvesting, peeling or sampling of biological527
- C12M 33/14Means for introduction, transport, positioning, extraction, harvesting, peeling or sampling of biological390
- C12M 33/10Means for introduction, transport, positioning, extraction, harvesting, peeling or sampling of biological158
- C12M 33/02Means for introduction, transport, positioning, extraction, harvesting, peeling or sampling of biological154
- C12M 33/12Means for introduction, transport, positioning, extraction, harvesting, peeling or sampling of biological114
- C12M 33/22Settling tanks81
- C12M 33/16Screw conveyor58
- C12M 33/08Means for introduction, transport, positioning, extraction, harvesting, peeling or sampling of biological48
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Recent patents
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- Cell puncture device, cell puncture method, and non-transitory computer readable medium1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297489 A1Yokogawa Electric Corporation
- Centrifugal screening device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297490 A1Feng Chia University
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Architecture tool and methods of use328US 6,986,739 B2Sciperio, Inc · 2006
- Method of polarographic analysis of lactic acid and lactate219US 4,467,811 AChildren's Hospital Medical Center · 1984
- Architecture tool and methods of use210US 7,857,756 B2Sciperio, Inc · 2010
- Process for the selective production of polyunsaturated fatty acids from a culture of microalgae of the porphyridium cruentum190US 5,338,673 ACommissariat A L' Energie Atomique · 1994
- Miniaturized cell array methods and apparatus for cell-based screening177US 6,548,263 B1Cellomics, Inc. · 2003