G01N 35/1004
Cleaning sample transfer devices
Official title: {Cleaning sample transfer devices}
G01N35/1004 (Cleaning sample transfer devices) appears on 611 US grants and 644 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 611
- Published applications
- 644
- Assignees
- 283
- Inventors
- 1,515
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 12 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 13 | 0 |
| 1994 | 15 | 0 |
| 1995 | 14 | 0 |
| 1996 | 18 | 0 |
| 1997 | 20 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 3 |
| 2002 | 3 | 11 |
| 2003 | 5 | 7 |
| 2004 | 7 | 17 |
| 2005 | 4 | 14 |
| 2006 | 8 | 14 |
| 2007 | 6 | 10 |
| 2008 | 7 | 13 |
| 2009 | 6 | 17 |
| 2010 | 6 | 14 |
| 2011 | 11 | 21 |
| 2012 | 14 | 20 |
| 2013 | 9 | 23 |
| 2014 | 21 | 23 |
| 2015 | 19 | 21 |
| 2016 | 20 | 35 |
| 2017 | 19 | 24 |
| 2018 | 25 | 29 |
| 2019 | 17 | 40 |
| 2020 | 30 | 45 |
| 2021 | 39 | 57 |
| 2022 | 35 | 45 |
| 2023 | 33 | 34 |
| 2024 | 40 | 41 |
| 2025 | 27 | 35 |
| 2026 | 10 | 31 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for washing dispensing probe included in automated analyzer, and automated analyzer8 Sep 2026US 12,730,120 B2Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Automated systems for sterility testing of pharmaceutical fluid products25 Aug 2026US 12,716,880 B1Automated Systems of Tacoma, LLC
- Automated sample handling instrumentation, systems, processes, and methods4 Aug 2026US 12,699,111 B2Gen-Probe Incorporated
- Sterile protection attachment for tips of liquid-handling devices9 Jun 2026US 12,650,440 B2Eppendorf AG
- Automatic analyzer26 May 2026US 12,638,466 B2Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Automatic analyzer1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298960 A1Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Automated Analyzer and Method of Adjusting Liquid Amount of Probe Cleaner1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298961 A1Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Probe cleaning unit10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266862 A1Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Automated Analysis Device and Control Method for Same3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259239 A1Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Automated Analyzer and Adjustment Method20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243790 A1JEOL Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automated molecular biology laboratory487US 5,443,791 APerkin Elmer - Applied Biosystems Division · 1995
- Multi-channel microfluidic system design with balanced fluid flow distribution305US 6,637,463 B1BioMicro Systems, Inc. · 2003
- Scheduling operation of an automated analytical system230US 5,646,049 AAbbott Laboratories · 1997
- Method for performing automated analysis224US 5,891,734 AAbbott Laboratories · 1999
- Automatic chemical analyzer211US 4,451,433 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1984