C12Q 1/02
Involving viable microorganisms
Official title: involving viable microorganisms
C12Q1/02 (Involving viable microorganisms) appears on 6,348 US grants and 8,511 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C12Q- Granted patents
- 6,348
- Published applications
- 8,511
- Assignees
- 3,774
- Inventors
- 17,805
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 28 | 0 |
| 1977 | 24 | 0 |
| 1978 | 24 | 0 |
| 1979 | 25 | 0 |
| 1980 | 38 | 0 |
| 1981 | 39 | 0 |
| 1982 | 21 | 0 |
| 1983 | 18 | 0 |
| 1984 | 16 | 0 |
| 1985 | 19 | 0 |
| 1986 | 35 | 0 |
| 1987 | 39 | 0 |
| 1988 | 33 | 0 |
| 1989 | 43 | 0 |
| 1990 | 49 | 0 |
| 1991 | 29 | 0 |
| 1992 | 55 | 0 |
| 1993 | 52 | 0 |
| 1994 | 70 | 0 |
| 1995 | 59 | 0 |
| 1996 | 79 | 0 |
| 1997 | 105 | 0 |
| 1998 | 162 | 0 |
| 1999 | 155 | 0 |
| 2000 | 94 | 0 |
| 2001 | 115 | 38 |
| 2002 | 122 | 158 |
| 2003 | 110 | 258 |
| 2004 | 96 | 229 |
| 2005 | 89 | 251 |
| 2006 | 101 | 253 |
| 2007 | 89 | 186 |
| 2008 | 94 | 210 |
| 2009 | 88 | 238 |
| 2010 | 108 | 283 |
| 2011 | 122 | 280 |
| 2012 | 139 | 234 |
| 2013 | 224 | 504 |
| 2014 | 247 | 397 |
| 2015 | 247 | 402 |
| 2016 | 273 | 430 |
| 2017 | 273 | 447 |
| 2018 | 295 | 500 |
| 2019 | 297 | 548 |
| 2020 | 369 | 460 |
| 2021 | 346 | 511 |
| 2022 | 270 | 418 |
| 2023 | 283 | 355 |
| 2024 | 252 | 420 |
| 2025 | 246 | 283 |
| 2026 | 142 | 218 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- C12Q 1/04Determining presence or kind of microorganism3,291
- C12Q 1/18Testing for antimicrobial activity of a material1,420
- C12Q 1/025For testing or evaluating the effect of chemical or biological compounds790
- C12Q 1/24Methods of sampling, or inoculating or spreading a sample579
- C12Q 1/22Testing for sterility conditions349
Recent patents
- Identifying and classifying microorganisms6 Oct 2026US 12,753,428 B2Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- Methods and systems for automated counting and classifying colonies of microorganisms6 Oct 2026US 12,753,429 B2Airamatrix Private Limited
- Chemiluminescence probes for tuberculosis29 Sep 2026US 12,747,222 B2Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.
- M-MIC: microfluidic microbiologically influenced corrosion model29 Sep 2026US 12,748,036 B2The Texas A&M University System
- Composition and method for inhibiting BORC complex to treat cancers with NF1 deficiency and dysregulated RAS signaling29 Sep 2026US 12,748,101 B2Trustees of Dartmouth College
- Methods for using bacteria and host/microbiota-derived metabolites for diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306451 A1Baylor College of Medicine
- Replicon dna, cloning vector, screening kit, screening method, anti-nobecov-irus agent, beta-coronavirus proliferation inhibitor, pan beta-coronavirus inhibitor, virus proliferation inhibitor, hepatitis c virus proliferation inhibitor, and method for screening therapeutic agent for viral infectious disease8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308206 A1Kagoshima University
- Methods and devices for the rapid separation and detection of microbial cells8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308656 A1Shemron Holdings Inc.
- A system for identifying microbial growth8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308657 A1Microplate Dx Ltd.
- Assay for Rapid Detection of Antibiotic Resistant Organisms8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308658 A1Queen's University at Kingston
Most cited
By later US patents
- Modified nucleotides and methods of preparing and using same734US 4,711,955 AYale University · 1987
- Bioelectrochemical electrodes663US 5,126,034 AMedisense, Inc. · 1992
- In vivo biosensor apparatus and method of use496US 6,673,596 B1The University of Tennessee Research Corporation · 2004
- Method involving display of protein binding pairs on the surface of bacterial pili and bacteriophage427US 5,516,637 ADade International Inc. · 1996
- Device for multiple analyte detection342US 6,126,899 AThe Perkins-Elmer Corporation · 2000