G16B 25/20
Polymerase chain reaction [pcr]
Official title: Polymerase chain reaction [PCR]; Primer or probe design; Probe optimisation
G16B25/20 (Polymerase chain reaction [pcr]) appears on 375 US grants and 887 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G16B- Granted patents
- 375
- Published applications
- 887
- Assignees
- 344
- Inventors
- 1,612
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 11 |
| 2003 | 2 | 27 |
| 2004 | 6 | 26 |
| 2005 | 3 | 41 |
| 2006 | 8 | 44 |
| 2007 | 4 | 28 |
| 2008 | 3 | 18 |
| 2009 | 8 | 17 |
| 2010 | 17 | 19 |
| 2011 | 14 | 20 |
| 2012 | 9 | 20 |
| 2013 | 9 | 35 |
| 2014 | 15 | 11 |
| 2015 | 14 | 38 |
| 2016 | 13 | 21 |
| 2017 | 12 | 30 |
| 2018 | 13 | 44 |
| 2019 | 22 | 69 |
| 2020 | 30 | 50 |
| 2021 | 28 | 54 |
| 2022 | 32 | 48 |
| 2023 | 40 | 57 |
| 2024 | 22 | 50 |
| 2025 | 24 | 65 |
| 2026 | 17 | 43 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Multiplex drop-off digital polymerase chain reaction methods22 Sep 2026US 12,742,206 B2Stilla Technologies
- Methods and systems for barcode-assisted image registration and alignment25 Aug 2026US 12,718,906 B210x Genomics, Inc.
- Genotyping of polyploids4 Aug 2026US 12,698,522 B2Keygene N.V.
- DNA detection method and device therefor4 Aug 2026US 12,698,526 B2Hitachi, Ltd.
- Partition-free digital PCR (dPCR) system19 May 2026US 12,630,870 B2Canon Virginia, Inc.
- Methods and compositions for enrichment of amplification products8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308673 A1AccuScan Sciences Inc.
- Multi-instrument dpcr with grouped sample analysis for high throughput applications1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297663 A1Life Technologies Corporation
- Methods and compositions for improved multiplex genotyping and sequencing24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290502 A1Covariance Biosciences, LLC
- Systems and Methods for Sequencing of Cell-Free RNA17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279569 A1The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Detecting mutations and ploidy in chromosomal segments3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258505 A1Natera, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Digital counting of individual molecules by stochastic attachment of diverse labels673US 8,835,358 B2Cellular Research, Inc. · 2014
- Digital counting of individual molecules by stochastic attachment of diverse labels534US 9,290,808 B2Cellular Research, Inc. · 2016
- Nucleic acid analysis techniques405US 6,344,316 B12002
- Digital counting of individual molecules by stochastic attachment of diverse labels345US 9,290,809 B2Cellular Research, Inc. · 2016
- Oligoprobe designstation: a computerized method for designing optimal DNA probes325US 5,556,749 AHitachi Chemical Research Center, Inc. · 1996