G01N 2021/035
Supports for sample drops
Official title: {Supports for sample drops}
G01N2021/035 (Supports for sample drops) appears on 109 US grants and 135 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 109
- Published applications
- 135
- Assignees
- 76
- Inventors
- 281
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 6 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | 5 | 7 |
| 2010 | 5 | 10 |
| 2011 | 4 | 5 |
| 2012 | 7 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4 |
| 2014 | 5 | 9 |
| 2015 | 3 | 8 |
| 2016 | 9 | 7 |
| 2017 | 8 | 12 |
| 2018 | 5 | 4 |
| 2019 | 4 | 7 |
| 2020 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 4 | 11 |
| 2022 | 8 | 6 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 |
| 2025 | 5 | 6 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Nano and microscale patterned surfaces for centering a droplet29 Sep 2026US 12,748,057 B2Thermo Electron Scientific Instruments LLC
- Molecular detector for surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy21 Apr 2026US 12,607,556 B2Office National D’Etudes Et De Recherches AéRospatiales
- Optical transmission sample holder and analysis, particularly for hemoglobin22 Jul 2025US 12,366,520 B2Essenlix Corporation
- Manipulation of microfluidic droplets8 Jul 2025US 12,352,673 B2Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
- Optical transmission sample holder and analysis, particularly for hemoglobin10 Jun 2025US 12,326,396 B2Essenlix Corporation
- Manipulation of microfluidic droplets27 Nov 2025US 2025/0362211 A1Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
- Digital Microfluidic (DMF) Devices, Systems, and Methods for Spectrochemical Analysis2 Oct 2025US 2025/0303420 A1
- Optical transmission sample holder and analysis, particularly for hemoglobin25 Sep 2025US 2025/0297942 A1Essenlix Corporation
- Digital Microfluidic Systems, Cartridges, and Methods Including Integrated Refractive Index Sensing14 Aug 2025US 2025/0258085 A1Nicoya Lifesciences Inc.
- Optical analysis on digital microfluidic (dmf) cartridges15 May 2025US 2025/0155364 A1Nicoya Lifesciences Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Analytical cartridge and system for detecting analytes in liquid samples292US 5,223,219 ABiotrack, Inc. · 1993
- Modular droplet actuator drive123US 8,041,463 B2Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. · 2011
- Droplet actuator devices, configurations, and methods for improving absorbance detection113US 8,208,146 B2Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. · 2012
- Enzyme assays for a droplet actuator108US 8,202,686 B2Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. · 2012
- Manipulation of microfluidic droplets95US 8,528,589 B2Raindance Technologies, Inc. · 2013