G01N 2035/0481
Pneumatic tube conveyors
Official title: {Pneumatic tube conveyors; Tube mails; "Rohrpost"}
G01N2035/0481 (Pneumatic tube conveyors) appears on 35 US grants and 25 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 35
- Published applications
- 25
- Assignees
- 26
- Inventors
- 50
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2010 | 1 | 2 |
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| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System for handling biological tissue samples24 Feb 2026US 12,559,329 B2Inpeco SA
- System for improved tissue handling and in line analysis of the tissue14 Jan 2025US 12,196,771 B2Hologic, Inc.
- Pneumatic-tube container18 Feb 2020US 10,562,719 B2Ing. Sumetzberger GmbH
- Automatic re-loading air-sampling and pneumatic transport system11 Jun 2019US 10,317,320 B2
- Blood samples transport system14 May 2019US 10,287,109 B2Blak & Sørensen ApS
- System and process for transporting and automated handling of test tubes containing biological samples27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251672 A1Inpeco SA
- Systems and methods for autonomous workflow management20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243784 A1Grail, LLC
- Systems and methods for end-to-end material management20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243787 A1Grail, LLC
- Systems and methods for transporting a sample in a laboratory20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243789 A1Grail, LLC
- System for improved tissue handling and in line analysis of the tissue15 May 2025US 2025/0155462 A1Hologic, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Insert for holding test tubes in a conveyor capsule of a pneumatic tube conveyor system74US 6,062,398 A2000
- System for improved tissue-handling and in line analysis of the tissue34US 9,492,130 B2Hologic, Inc. · 2016
- System for improved tissue handling and in line analysis of the tissue24US 10,078,093 B2Hologic, Inc. · 2018
- Dispatching device, sample distribution system and laboratory automation system23US 9,772,342 B2Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. · 2017
- Sample taking device21US 4,662,231 AWiederaufarbeitungsanlage Karlsruhe Betriebs-Gesellschaft mbH · 1987