G01N 33/48721
Investigating individual macromolecules
Official title: {Investigating individual macromolecules, e.g. by translocation through nanopores (Coulter counters in general G01N15/12; fabrication methods for nanoscale apertures B81B1/00; sequencing of nucleic acids C12Q1/68)}
G01N33/48721 (Investigating individual macromolecules) appears on 1,268 US grants and 1,881 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 1,268
- Published applications
- 1,881
- Assignees
- 405
- Inventors
- 2,111
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 7 | 8 |
| 2003 | 4 | 11 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10 |
| 2005 | 4 | 21 |
| 2006 | 5 | 21 |
| 2007 | 8 | 16 |
| 2008 | 3 | 14 |
| 2009 | 4 | 19 |
| 2010 | 11 | 24 |
| 2011 | 6 | 37 |
| 2012 | 21 | 52 |
| 2013 | 27 | 73 |
| 2014 | 44 | 120 |
| 2015 | 81 | 124 |
| 2016 | 62 | 112 |
| 2017 | 111 | 148 |
| 2018 | 85 | 126 |
| 2019 | 119 | 160 |
| 2020 | 125 | 135 |
| 2021 | 115 | 142 |
| 2022 | 80 | 110 |
| 2023 | 86 | 108 |
| 2024 | 100 | 118 |
| 2025 | 100 | 104 |
| 2026 | 51 | 68 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Circuit design to apply different voltages in a nanopore array29 Sep 2026US 12,747,471 B2Illumina, Inc.
- Nanoelectronic device29 Sep 2026US 12,748,067 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- Encoding state change of nanopore to reduce data size29 Sep 2026US 12,748,069 B2Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.
- Semiconductor device for determining a biomolecule characteristic29 Sep 2026US 12,748,098 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Nanopore formation method29 Sep 2026US 12,748,099 B2Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Nucleic Acid Scaffolds and Related Devices and Methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308666 A1Digital Biotechnologies, Inc.
- Method and products for characterizing a polynucleotide using a nanopore8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308676 A1Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
- Nature-inspired stalactite nanostructures such as nanopores for biosensing and energy harvesting8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309692 A1Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (Epfl)
- Nanopore sequencing and preparation modular instrument8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309693 A1Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
- Method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309694 A1Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Characterization of individual polymer molecules based on monomer-interface interactions451US 5,795,782 APresident and Fellows of Harvard College · 1998
- Characterization of individual polymer molecules based on monomer-interface interactions386US 6,015,714 AThe Regents of the University of California · 2000
- Molecular and atomic scale evaluation of biopolymers354US 6,627,067 B1President and Fellows of Harvard College · 2003
- Methods and products for analyzing polymers345US 6,355,420 B1U.S. Genomics, Inc. · 2002
- Ultra-fast nucleic acid sequencing device and a method for making and using the same339US 6,413,792 B1Eagle Research and Development, Inc. · 2002