G01N 2035/1018
Detecting inhomogeneities
Official title: {Detecting inhomogeneities, e.g. foam, bubbles, clots}
G01N2035/1018 (Detecting inhomogeneities) appears on 177 US grants and 199 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 177
- Published applications
- 199
- Assignees
- 96
- Inventors
- 444
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 3 | 0 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 12 |
| 2005 | 2 | 5 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 | 6 |
| 2008 | 4 | 6 |
| 2009 | 2 | 9 |
| 2010 | 4 | 9 |
| 2011 | 7 | 5 |
| 2012 | 6 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 6 |
| 2014 | 7 | 7 |
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| 2017 | 9 | 10 |
| 2018 | 9 | 16 |
| 2019 | 15 | 9 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9 |
| 2021 | 8 | 5 |
| 2022 | 9 | 12 |
| 2023 | 6 | 7 |
| 2024 | 4 | 15 |
| 2025 | 7 | 8 |
| 2026 | 4 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Automated sample handling instrumentation, systems, processes, and methods4 Aug 2026US 12,699,111 B2Gen-Probe Incorporated
- Fluid analysis systems and related methods of analyzing foam rheology26 May 2026US 12,638,467 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Liquid dispensing device7 Apr 2026US 12,596,133 B2Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Method, system, and sensor device for monitoring foam in vessel10 Feb 2026US 12,546,795 B2Nirrin Technologies, Inc.
- Method of detecting an obstruction in a fluid analyzer7 Oct 2025US 12,436,160 B2Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
- Automatic analyzer and method for determining abnormality therein3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259242 A1Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Specimen condition assessing device, specimen condition assessing method, and specimen testing device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253208 A1Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Automatic analysis device and automatic analysis method20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243786 A1Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Automatic Analyzer20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243793 A1Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Automated laboratory instrument25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177579 A1Roche Diagnostics International AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sample distribution apparatus/system191US 6,599,476 B1A.i. Scientific Pty Ltd. · 2003
- Microvolume liquid handling system120US 6,203,759 B1Packard Instrument Company, Inc. · 2001
- Method and a device for monitoring a medical microsample in the flow measuring cell of an analyzer111US 7,297,241 B2Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. · 2007
- Liquid level sensing method and device93US 5,275,951 AAbbott Laboratories · 1994
- Positive displacement liquid drawing and dispensing apparatus89US 5,770,160 ABio-Plas, Inc. · 1998