C12Q 1/64
Geomicrobiological testing
Official title: Geomicrobiological testing, e.g. for petroleum
C12Q1/64 (Geomicrobiological testing) appears on 23 US grants and 35 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C12Q- Granted patents
- 23
- Published applications
- 35
- Assignees
- 28
- Inventors
- 72
- Latest grant
- 7 Apr 2026
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| 2020 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Using microbial DNA in well planning and management7 Apr 2026US 12,595,731 B2Oxy USA Inc.
- Oil and gas exploration method based on microbial gene4 Jun 2024US 11,999,991 B2InSoil Energy Technology(Beijing)Co.,Ltd.
- Method and apparatus for calculating abundance of specific species of phytoplankton, and method and apparatus for detecting sign of red tide occurrence caused by specific species of phytoplankton27 Feb 2024US 11,913,885 B2Jfe Advantech Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for testing biocide29 Aug 2023US 11,739,011 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Identification of hot environments using biomarkers from cold-shock proteins of thermophilic and hyperthermophilic microorganisms16 May 2023US 11,649,478 B2ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
- Method implemented by artificial intelligence for predicting a percentage of oil26 Feb 2026US 2026/0056179 A1Universidad Simon Bolivar
- Identifying hydrocarbon fields using genomic data4 Sep 2025US 2025/0277252 A1Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Siderophore-based biosensors for iron detection4 Jul 2024US 2024/0219303 A1Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Oil and gas exploration method based on microbial gene11 Jan 2024US 2024/0011072 A1InSoil Energy Technology(Beijing)Co.,Ltd.
- Using microbial dna in well planning and management7 Sep 2023US 2023/0279775 A1Oxy USA Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Geomicrobiological methods of ore and petroleum exploration14US 5,055,397 AAtlantic Richfield Company · 1991
- Microbiological oil prospecting13US 5,093,236 AGenecor International, Inc. · 1992
- Exploration method and apparatus utilizing atmospheric micro-organic particulates4US 3,985,619 ABarringer Research Limited · 1976
- Method for modeling hydrocarbon degradation in an oil deposit3US 7,454,322 B2Institut Francais du Petrole · 2008
- Subsurface environment sampler with actuator movable collection chamber2US 10,704,993 B2The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of the Interior · 2020