patentgrep
SearchCompaniesTechnologiesAPIPricingDocs
DocsGet an API key
  1. Technology classes
  2. /G · Physics
  3. /G01 · Measuring
  4. /G01N · Investigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties
  5. /G01N 21/00 · Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using
  6. /G01N 21/17 · Systems in which incident light is modified in accordance with the properties
  7. /G01N 21/25 · Colour
  8. /G01N 21/31 · Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or
  9. /G01N 21/3103 · Atomic absorption analysis
  10. /G01N 2021/3118
G01N 2021/3118

Commutating sources

Official title: {Commutating sources, e.g. line source/broad source, chopping for comparison of broad/narrow regimes}

G01N2021/3118 (Commutating sources) appears on 7 US grants and 4 published applications in this corpus.

Search patents in G01N

Where it sits

  1. GPhysics
  2. G01Measuring
  3. G01NInvestigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties
  4. G01N 21/00Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using
  5. G01N 21/17Systems in which incident light is modified in accordance with the properties
  6. G01N 21/25Colour
  7. G01N 21/31Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or
  8. G01N 21/3103Atomic absorption analysis
  9. G01N 2021/3118Commutating sources
Granted patents
7
Published applications
4
Assignees
5
Inventors
11
Latest grant
5 Nov 2013

Filings by year

Granted patentsPublished applications
G01N 2021/3118: granted patents and published applications per publication year
YearGranted patentsPublished applications
199120
199210
199300
199400
199500
199600
199700
199800
199900
200000
200100
200200
200301
200400
200500
200611
200700
200811
200900
201000
201110
201201
201310

199120012013

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Recent patents

  • Hollow cathode lamp elapsed time recording system5 Nov 2013US 8,575,855 B2PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc.
  • Light source18 Jan 2011US 7,871,183 B2PerkinElmer Singapore PTE Ltd.
  • Light source13 May 2008US 7,372,564 B2PerkinElmer Singapore PTE Ltd.
  • Light source8 Aug 2006US 7,088,445 B2Berthold GmbH & Co. KG
  • Atomic absorption spectrometer10 Mar 1992US 5,094,530 ABodenseewerk Perkin-Elmer & Co., GmbH
  • Hollow cathode lamp elapsed time recording system5 Jul 2012US 2012/0169237 A1PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc.
  • Light Source10 Jul 2008US 2008/0165534 A1PerkinElmer Singapore PTE Ltd.
  • Light source23 Feb 2006US 2006/0038991 A1PerkinElmer Singapore PTE Ltd.
  • Light source14 Aug 2003US 2003/0151740 A1Berthold GmbH & Co. KG

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Atomic absorption spectrophotometric method and apparatus4US 5,042,946 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1991
  • Atomic absorption spectrometer3US 4,989,975 A1991
  • Atomic absorption spectrometer3US 5,094,530 ABodenseewerk Perkin-Elmer & Co., GmbH · 1992
  • Light source1US 7,088,445 B2Berthold GmbH & Co. KG · 2006

Top assignees

Documents
  • PSPerkinElmer Singapore PTE Ltd.6
  • BBerthold GmbH & Co. KG2
  • PHPerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc.2
  • BPBodenseewerk Perkin-Elmer & Co., GmbH1
  • Hitachi, Ltd.1

Often classified with

  • G07CTime or attendance registers2
  • H01JElectric discharge tubes or discharge lamps2

Documents that also carry the other class.

patentgrep

Search every US patent grant since 1976 and every published application since 2001. Updated weekly from USPTO.

Product

  • Search
  • New this week
  • Where the data comes from
  • Pricing

Browse

  • Companies
  • Technology classes

Developers

  • API docs
  • PatentsView-compatible API
  • MCP server
  • Changelog

About

  • Privacy
  • Terms
© 2026 patentgrepData from USPTO bulk files