G11B 7/246
Containing dyes
Official title: containing dyes
G11B7/246 (Containing dyes) appears on 1,274 US grants and 1,051 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 1,274
- Published applications
- 1,051
- Assignees
- 278
- Inventors
- 2,066
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
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| 2022 | 3 | 8 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G11B 7/247Methine or polymethine dyes657
- G11B 7/248Porphines485
- G11B 7/2467Azo-dyes354
- G11B 2007/24612Two or more dyes in one layerIndexing code203
- G11B 7/2463Azulene74
- G11B 2007/24624Fluorescent dyesIndexing code62
- G11B 2007/24618Two or more dyes in two or more different layersIndexing code8
- G11B 2007/24606Azo- dyesIndexing code3
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Hybridization of polynucleotides conjugated with chromophores and fluorophores to generate donor-to-donor energy transfer system232US 5,849,489 ANanogen, Inc. · 1998
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