G01N 2035/0405
Manipulating closing or opening means
Official title: {manipulating closing or opening means, e.g. stoppers, screw caps, lids or covers}
G01N2035/0405 (Manipulating closing or opening means) appears on 411 US grants and 474 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 411
- Published applications
- 474
- Assignees
- 228
- Inventors
- 1,069
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 11 | 6 |
| 2002 | 5 | 10 |
| 2003 | 7 | 15 |
| 2004 | 4 | 8 |
| 2005 | 7 | 17 |
| 2006 | 5 | 18 |
| 2007 | 6 | 14 |
| 2008 | 9 | 13 |
| 2009 | 11 | 5 |
| 2010 | 13 | 14 |
| 2011 | 7 | 12 |
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| 2013 | 6 | 19 |
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| 2020 | 17 | 20 |
| 2021 | 11 | 18 |
| 2022 | 14 | 28 |
| 2023 | 16 | 32 |
| 2024 | 17 | 37 |
| 2025 | 31 | 25 |
| 2026 | 16 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Instrument and method for sealing, desealing, and/or resealing of sample tubes18 Aug 2026US 12,708,904 B2Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
- Automated sample handling instrumentation, systems, processes, and methods4 Aug 2026US 12,699,111 B2Gen-Probe Incorporated
- Automated staining system and reaction chamber14 Jul 2026US 12,680,923 B2Sakura Finetek U.S.A., Inc.
- Autosampler system with dual rotational axis uncapping30 Jun 2026US 12,669,519 B2Elemental Scientific, Inc.
- Decapping of screw cap test tubes16 Jun 2026US 12,656,363 B2Helix Limited
- Automated container alignment system for fluidic sample analyses3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259238 A1
- Devices, systems, and methods for optical analysis of biological samples13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235584 A1Vital Biosciences Inc.
- Handling tool and clinical lab automation device including the same30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219290 A1
- Storage Device, Automatic Analyzer, and Storage Method30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219291 A1Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Systems and methods for automated preparation of biological specimens16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202288 A1Hologic, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotically operated laboratory system458US 5,366,896 AThe University of Virginia Alumni Patents Foundation · 1994
- Automated continuous and random access analytical system248US 5,358,691 AAbbott Laboratories · 1994
- Automated immunoassay analyzer238US 5,885,530 ADPC Cirrus, Inc. · 1999
- Scheduling operation of an automated analytical system230US 5,646,049 AAbbott Laboratories · 1997
- Apparatus and method for combinatorial chemistry synthesis210US 6,045,755 ATrega Biosciences, Inc. · 2000