G01N 2035/0493
Locating samples
Official title: {Locating samples; identifying different tube sizes}
G01N2035/0493 (Locating samples) appears on 155 US grants and 190 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 155
- Published applications
- 190
- Assignees
- 89
- Inventors
- 404
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 8 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2005 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 5 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 9 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 5 | 6 |
| 2015 | 7 | 17 |
| 2016 | 6 | 20 |
| 2017 | 12 | 14 |
| 2018 | 10 | 19 |
| 2019 | 13 | 7 |
| 2020 | 13 | 12 |
| 2021 | 11 | 13 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 |
| 2023 | 6 | 8 |
| 2024 | 9 | 11 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9 |
| 2026 | 5 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Electromagnetic PCB crossroads topologies for automation track systems18 Aug 2026US 12,709,494 B2Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
- Conveyance device12 May 2026US 12,625,153 B2Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Instrument parameter determination based on sample tube identification12 May 2026US 12,626,522 B2Instrumentation Laboratory Company
- Transport apparatus13 Jan 2026US 12,523,672 B2Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Automated centrifuge loader13 Jan 2026US 12,523,674 B2Babson Diagnostics, Inc.
- Automated centrifuge loader8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309732 A1Babson Diagnostics, Inc.
- Instrument parameter determination based on Sample Tube Identification16 Jul 2026US 2026/0204087 A1Instrumentation Laboratory Company
- Optical information reading apparatus and method12 Mar 2026US 2026/0074034 A1Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
- Methods and systems for picking and placing vessels and for aligning an instrument15 Jan 2026US 2026/0016497 A1Beckman Coulter, Inc.
- Sample measuring apparatus9 Oct 2025US 2025/0314673 A1Konica Minolta, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sample distribution apparatus/system191US 6,599,476 B1A.i. Scientific Pty Ltd. · 2003
- Rack for sample tubes and reagent holders134US 8,182,763 B2HandyLab, Inc. · 2012
- Analyzing apparatus having a function pipette samples73US 5,985,215 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1999
- Automatic handler for feeding containers into and out of an analytical instrument59US 6,489,169 B1Bayer Aktiengesellschaft · 2002
- Method for scanning and centering containers filled with a liquid57US 5,380,666 AEastman Kodak Company · 1995