G01N 2021/6478
Special lenses
Official title: {Special lenses}
G01N2021/6478 (Special lenses) appears on 217 US grants and 293 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 217
- Published applications
- 293
- Assignees
- 178
- Inventors
- 603
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 8 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 5 | 11 |
| 2007 | 9 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 5 | 7 |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 4 | 6 |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4 |
| 2015 | 7 | 18 |
| 2016 | 7 | 17 |
| 2017 | 16 | 28 |
| 2018 | 20 | 31 |
| 2019 | 25 | 17 |
| 2020 | 28 | 22 |
| 2021 | 10 | 19 |
| 2022 | 14 | 19 |
| 2023 | 11 | 18 |
| 2024 | 15 | 14 |
| 2025 | 10 | 13 |
| 2026 | 7 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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
- Instantaneous non-diffracting light sheets11 Aug 2026US 12,704,706 B2University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
- Target-locking single-molecule nanoscopy28 Jul 2026US 12,693,205 B2Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Fluorescence detection system12 May 2026US 12,625,076 B2Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
- Sample observation device and sample observation method12 May 2026US 12,626,475 B2Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- 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
- Fluorescence detection system10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266725 A1Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
- High power solid state light source for fluorescent applications6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227334 A1Stratec SE
- Optical element for beam shaping30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219472 A1Stratec SE
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical systems and methods for biological analysis471US 9,702,823 B2Life Technologies Corporation · 2017
- Multiplexed fluorescent detection in microfluidic devices298US 6,399,952 B1Aclara Biosciences, Inc. · 2002
- Substrates and optical system having at least one optical waveguide, at least one nanometer-scale aperture and at least one lens array and methods of use thereof169US 8,274,040 B2Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. · 2012
- Multiplexed fluorescent detection in microfluidic devices125US 6,614,030 B2Aclara Biosciences, Inc. · 2003
- Compact optical detection system for a microfluidic device124US 7,518,726 B2Caliper Lifesciences Inc. · 2009