C12N 5/0612
Sorting of gametes
Official title: {sorting of gametes, e.g. according to sex or motility}
C12N5/0612 (Sorting of gametes) appears on 155 US grants and 272 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C12N- Granted patents
- 155
- Published applications
- 272
- Assignees
- 120
- Inventors
- 402
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 7 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 7 |
| 2006 | 0 | 10 |
| 2007 | 3 | 7 |
| 2008 | 3 | 9 |
| 2009 | 1 | 7 |
| 2010 | 4 | 8 |
| 2011 | 2 | 11 |
| 2012 | 8 | 14 |
| 2013 | 7 | 25 |
| 2014 | 12 | 13 |
| 2015 | 13 | 13 |
| 2016 | 9 | 7 |
| 2017 | 5 | 11 |
| 2018 | 6 | 7 |
| 2019 | 9 | 15 |
| 2020 | 6 | 12 |
| 2021 | 12 | 15 |
| 2022 | 10 | 16 |
| 2023 | 11 | 16 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11 |
| 2025 | 11 | 20 |
| 2026 | 4 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Methods for sex-sorting sperm7 Jul 2026US 12,674,133 B2Inguran, LLC
- Stabilized amorphous calcium carbonate for treatment of neurological, muscular and infertility diseases or conditions19 May 2026US 12,629,390 B2Amorphical Ltd.
- System and methods for sub-population identification within a mixture of particles based on critical ranges of values17 Feb 2026US 12,553,026 B2ABS Global, Inc.
- System and method for sperm sorting6 Jan 2026US 12,517,030 B2The Brigham and Women S Hospital, Inc.
- Systems and methods for sperm selection9 Dec 2025US 12,491,515 B2Florida Atlantic University Research Corporation
- Stabilized amorphous calcium carbonate for treatment of neurological, muscular and infertility diseases or conditions20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240902 A1Amorphical Ltd.
- Sperm sorting device and sperm sorting method30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218111 A1Greenish Inc.
- Methods of identifying, differentiating between, and/or sorting cells9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193604 A1University of Tasmania
- Sperm treatment composition, sperm motility improving agent, sperm fertility maintaining agent, sperm motility improving method, and sperm fertility maintaining method18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167924 A1Hiroshima University
- System and methods for sub-population identification within a mixture of particles based on critical ranges of values4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152718 A1ABS Global, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System for analyzing particles using multiple flow cytometry units176US 7,758,811 B2Inguran, LLC · 2010
- Methods for improving sheath fluids and collection systems for sex-specific cytometer sorting of sperm113US 6,524,860 B1Xy, LLC · 2003
- Sheath fluids and collection systems for sex-specific cytometer sorting of sperm111US 6,149,867 AXy, LLC · 2000
- Collection systems for cytometer sorting of sperm82US 7,195,920 B2Xy, LLC · 2007
- Apparatus, methods and processes for sorting particles and for providing sex-sorted animal sperm70US 7,723,116 B2Xy, LLC · 2010