G01N 2021/6463
Optics
Official title: {Optics}
G01N2021/6463 (Optics) appears on 1,217 US grants and 1,517 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 1,217
- Published applications
- 1,517
- Assignees
- 741
- Inventors
- 2,778
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 5 |
| 2002 | 13 | 30 |
| 2003 | 17 | 39 |
| 2004 | 23 | 36 |
| 2005 | 23 | 51 |
| 2006 | 31 | 53 |
| 2007 | 44 | 42 |
| 2008 | 24 | 19 |
| 2009 | 30 | 39 |
| 2010 | 30 | 41 |
| 2011 | 25 | 36 |
| 2012 | 29 | 49 |
| 2013 | 33 | 35 |
| 2014 | 32 | 35 |
| 2015 | 37 | 63 |
| 2016 | 49 | 65 |
| 2017 | 59 | 99 |
| 2018 | 70 | 95 |
| 2019 | 79 | 74 |
| 2020 | 88 | 84 |
| 2021 | 66 | 108 |
| 2022 | 75 | 111 |
| 2023 | 71 | 82 |
| 2024 | 62 | 91 |
| 2025 | 64 | 86 |
| 2026 | 48 | 49 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method, computer program, and data processing unit for creating at least one correction value for correcting fluorescence intensities in a fluorescence image, and optical observation system22 Sep 2026US 12,740,686 B2Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
- Systems and methods for assessing biological samples8 Sep 2026US 12,729,399 B2Life Technologies Corporation
- Detection system and method8 Sep 2026US 12,730,070 B2Sensor Coating Systems Limited
- Mirror based light sheet illumination system for light microscopy8 Sep 2026US 12,730,071 B2Mizar Imaging, LLC
- Scanning optical microscope8 Sep 2026US 12,730,289 B2Phomedics Limited
- Integrated device for nucleic acid extraction, amplification and detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307079 A1Hefei Dahui Gene Technology Co., Ltd
- Microscope and Microscopy Method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299275 A1
- Analysis device and analysis method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276528 A1Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
- Confocal microscope and method for confocal microscopy, with automatic focusing17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276963 A1Bruker Switzerland AG
- System and methods for protein detection in biofluids10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266724 A1Arcanabio Ehf
Most cited
By later US patents
- Laser excited confocal microscope fluorescence scanner and method491US 5,091,652 AThe Regents of the University of California · 1992
- Optical systems and methods for biological analysis471US 9,702,823 B2Life Technologies Corporation · 2017
- Fluorometers466US 8,305,580 B2Precisense A/S · 2012
- Apparatus and methods for optical analysis of molecules448US 7,170,050 B2Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. · 2007
- Multiplexed fluorescent detection in microfluidic devices298US 6,399,952 B1Aclara Biosciences, Inc. · 2002