C40B 50/06
Biochemical methods
Official title: Biochemical methods, e.g. using enzymes or whole viable microorganisms
C40B50/06 (Biochemical methods) appears on 551 US grants and 911 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C40B- Granted patents
- 551
- Published applications
- 911
- Assignees
- 380
- Inventors
- 1,471
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 1 |
| 2002 | 8 | 8 |
| 2003 | 9 | 9 |
| 2004 | 0 | 6 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | 11 |
| 2007 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 0 | 11 |
| 2009 | 1 | 15 |
| 2010 | 3 | 30 |
| 2011 | 5 | 31 |
| 2012 | 7 | 32 |
| 2013 | 13 | 28 |
| 2014 | 22 | 28 |
| 2015 | 15 | 23 |
| 2016 | 28 | 42 |
| 2017 | 22 | 44 |
| 2018 | 35 | 53 |
| 2019 | 46 | 78 |
| 2020 | 46 | 78 |
| 2021 | 56 | 88 |
| 2022 | 45 | 64 |
| 2023 | 45 | 63 |
| 2024 | 52 | 77 |
| 2025 | 51 | 44 |
| 2026 | 25 | 37 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Detection and prediction of infectious disease6 Oct 2026US 12,753,448 B2Karius, Inc.
- Compositions and methods for accurately identifying mutations29 Sep 2026US 12,747,473 B2Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
- Peptide library production method15 Sep 2026US 12,735,809 B2The University of Tokyo
- Systems and methods for transfer of reagents between droplets15 Sep 2026US 12,735,810 B210x Genomics, Inc.
- Method for detecting the mutation and methylation of tumor-specific genes in ctDNA11 Aug 2026US 12,703,884 B2Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
- Methods for identifying cross-contamination among sequential nucleic acid amplification reactions24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286436 A1Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
- Methods and compositions for amplification and sequencing of genome and epigenome17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275408 A1Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- Methods for preparation and analysis of proximity-ligated nucleic acids from single cells17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275410 A1Arima Genomics, Inc.
- Methods, compositions, and kits for inhibiting formation of adapter dimers17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275575 A1Revvity Health Sciences, Inc.
- Systems and methods for transfer of reagents between droplets10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265956 A110x Genomics, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods for in vitro recombination882US 5,605,793 AAffymax Technologies N.V. · 1997
- DNA mutagenesis by random fragmentation and reassembly791US 5,830,721 AAffymax Technologies N.V. · 1998
- Methods for generating polynucleotides having desired characteristics by iterative selection and recombination707US 5,811,238 AAffymax Technologies N.V. · 1998
- Methods of shuffling polynucleotides373US 6,132,970 AMaxygen, Inc. · 2000
- Methods and compositions for polypeptide engineering338US 6,586,182 B1Maxygen, Inc. · 2003