C12M 41/00

Means for regulation, monitoring, measurement or control

Official title: {Means for regulation, monitoring, measurement or control, e.g. flow regulation (controlling or regulating chemical, physical or physicochemical processes B01J19/0006; heating or cooling apparatus for laboratory use B01L7/00; electro optical investigation of individual particles, flow cytometers G01N15/14; automatic analysis G01N35/00; controlling or regulating in general G06N)}

C12M41/00 (Means for regulation, monitoring, measurement or control) appears on 4,571 US grants and 7,190 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 4,571
Published applications: 7,190
Assignees: 2,904
Inventors: 14,252
Latest grant: 6 Oct 2026

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C12M 41/00: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	42	0
1977	25	0
1978	25	0
1979	14	0
1980	36	0
1981	32	0
1982	32	0
1983	23	0
1984	13	0
1985	14	0
1986	24	0
1987	41	0
1988	14	0
1989	37	0
1990	23	0
1991	27	0
1992	40	0
1993	31	0
1994	26	0
1995	37	0
1996	45	0
1997	35	0
1998	42	0
1999	48	0
2000	43	0
2001	55	13
2002	37	57
2003	39	70
2004	32	70
2005	33	88
2006	35	95
2007	30	95
2008	34	118
2009	40	137
2010	57	147
2011	69	173
2012	89	183
2013	93	228
2014	143	215
2015	125	278
2016	162	342
2017	187	383
2018	210	371
2019	254	384
2020	276	474
2021	237	575
2022	266	528
2023	304	550
2024	368	613
2025	366	543
2026	261	460

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