G02B 21/32
Micromanipulators structurally combined with microscopes
G02B21/32 (Micromanipulators structurally combined with microscopes) appears on 421 US grants and 481 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 421
- Published applications
- 481
- Assignees
- 252
- Inventors
- 922
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2 |
| 2002 | 6 | 14 |
| 2003 | 9 | 12 |
| 2004 | 9 | 25 |
| 2005 | 15 | 21 |
| 2006 | 18 | 18 |
| 2007 | 12 | 25 |
| 2008 | 16 | 18 |
| 2009 | 15 | 30 |
| 2010 | 19 | 18 |
| 2011 | 15 | 16 |
| 2012 | 14 | 15 |
| 2013 | 13 | 13 |
| 2014 | 19 | 24 |
| 2015 | 14 | 11 |
| 2016 | 11 | 22 |
| 2017 | 15 | 15 |
| 2018 | 16 | 19 |
| 2019 | 17 | 23 |
| 2020 | 23 | 23 |
| 2021 | 16 | 27 |
| 2022 | 17 | 23 |
| 2023 | 21 | 14 |
| 2024 | 23 | 18 |
| 2025 | 17 | 27 |
| 2026 | 10 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Semiconductor inspection tool and methods of operation22 Sep 2026US 12,742,954 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Sample manipulation device and method14 Jul 2026US 12,681,287 B2Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH
- Systems and methods for optogenetic imaging9 Jun 2026US 12,648,827 B2Bruker Nano, Inc.
- Apparatus and methods for real-time image generation31 Mar 2026US 12,591,126 B2Pramana, Inc.
- Manipulator for microscopic work24 Mar 2026US 12,582,494 B2F.Med Co., Ltd.
- Multi-modal microscopic imaging20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240621 A1Bruker Nano, Inc.
- Methods and systems for highly parallelized entanglement over a large atom array6 Aug 2026US 2026/0231695 A1Atom Computing Inc.
- Optical-vortex control device and optical-vortex control method2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185920 A1Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- Motion platform21 May 2026US 2026/0140358 A1Bionano Genomics, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for adaptive handling of slides using a robotic arm30 Apr 2026US 2026/0115927 A1Pramana, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Neuro-navigation system413US 6,351,659 B1BrainLAB Med. Computersysteme GmbH · 2002
- Fully automatic rapid microscope slide scanner312US 6,711,283 B1Aperio Technologies, Inc. · 2004
- Resonant-cavity apparatus for cytometry or particle analysis266US 5,793,485 ASandia Corporation · 1998
- Laser apparatus and method for microscopic and spectroscopic analysis and processing of biological cells190US 5,608,519 A1997
- Free-form fabricaton using multi-photon excitation185US 6,316,153 B1University of Connecticut · 2001