C40B 60/00
Apparatus specially adapted for use in combinatorial chemistry or with libraries
C40B60/00 (Apparatus specially adapted for use in combinatorial chemistry or with libraries) appears on 2,376 US grants and 2,505 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C40B- Granted patents
- 2,376
- Published applications
- 2,505
- Assignees
- 922
- Inventors
- 4,291
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 20 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 27 | 0 |
| 1995 | 35 | 0 |
| 1996 | 34 | 0 |
| 1997 | 51 | 0 |
| 1998 | 86 | 0 |
| 1999 | 91 | 0 |
| 2000 | 129 | 0 |
| 2001 | 160 | 86 |
| 2002 | 186 | 331 |
| 2003 | 186 | 428 |
| 2004 | 175 | 314 |
| 2005 | 152 | 287 |
| 2006 | 114 | 134 |
| 2007 | 86 | 91 |
| 2008 | 108 | 113 |
| 2009 | 71 | 98 |
| 2010 | 90 | 78 |
| 2011 | 74 | 75 |
| 2012 | 51 | 61 |
| 2013 | 39 | 40 |
| 2014 | 44 | 38 |
| 2015 | 41 | 35 |
| 2016 | 41 | 53 |
| 2017 | 20 | 27 |
| 2018 | 20 | 26 |
| 2019 | 31 | 37 |
| 2020 | 24 | 36 |
| 2021 | 29 | 41 |
| 2022 | 19 | 24 |
| 2023 | 24 | 22 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7 |
| 2025 | 15 | 17 |
| 2026 | 7 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- C40B 60/14Apparatus specially adapted for use in combinatorial chemistry or with libraries: for2,094
- C40B 60/12Apparatus specially adapted for use in combinatorial chemistry or with libraries: for144
- C40B 60/08Integrated apparatus specially adapted for both creating and screening libraries65
- C40B 60/04Integrated apparatus specially adapted for both screening libraries and identifying library members64
- C40B 60/10Apparatus specially adapted for use in combinatorial chemistry or with libraries: for37
- C40B 60/02Integrated apparatus specially adapted for creating libraries, screening libraries and for identifying10
- C40B 60/06Integrated apparatus specially adapted for both creating libraries and identifying library members7
Recent patents
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- Molecular profiling of tumors21 Jul 2026US 12,687,554 B2Caris MPI, Inc.
- Spatially encoded biological assays17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275406 A1Prognosys Biosciences, Inc.
- Molecular profiling of tumors3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259233 A1Caris MPI, Inc.
- Substance preparation method of capsules and system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210985 A1Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (Epfl)
- Substrates, peptide arrays, and methods12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071353 A1Vibrant Holdings, LLC
- Spatially encoded biological assays5 Feb 2026US 2026/0035740 A1Prognosys Biosciences, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for amplifying nucleic acid sequences5,960US 4,683,202 ACetus Corporation · 1987
- Large scale photolithographic solid phase synthesis of polypeptides and receptor binding screening thereof1,998US 5,143,854 AAffymax Technologies N.V. · 1992
- Array of oligonucleotides on a solid substrate1,585US 5,445,934 AAffymax Technologies N.V. · 1995
- Arrays of materials attached to a substrate1,410US 5,744,305 AAffymetrix, Inc. · 1998
- Process for preparing polynucleotides1,253US 4,458,066 AUniversity Patents, Inc. · 1984