G21G 4/08
Specially adapted for medical application
Official title: specially adapted for medical application (radiation therapy using radioactive sources A61N5/10)
G21G4/08 (Specially adapted for medical application) appears on 283 US grants and 278 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21G- Granted patents
- 283
- Published applications
- 278
- Assignees
- 163
- Inventors
- 664
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2 |
| 2002 | 10 | 3 |
| 2003 | 9 | 15 |
| 2004 | 9 | 17 |
| 2005 | 5 | 10 |
| 2006 | 11 | 19 |
| 2007 | 9 | 11 |
| 2008 | 3 | 13 |
| 2009 | 17 | 14 |
| 2010 | 4 | 11 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3 |
| 2012 | 4 | 2 |
| 2013 | 5 | 8 |
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| 2017 | 12 | 14 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12 |
| 2019 | 9 | 14 |
| 2020 | 9 | 11 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11 |
| 2022 | 12 | 11 |
| 2023 | 6 | 12 |
| 2024 | 19 | 15 |
| 2025 | 11 | 14 |
| 2026 | 11 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Purification process for the preparation of non-carrier added copper-6429 Sep 2026US 12,749,589 B2Curium US LLC
- Purification process for the preparation of non-carrier added copper-648 Sep 2026US 12,731,702 B2Curium US LLC
- Copper-64 compositions and formulations25 Aug 2026US 12,718,963 B1Curium US LLC
- Method for manufacturing and increasing the yield of a medical strontium-82/rubidium-82 generator4 Aug 2026US 12,700,519 B2Naogen Pharma
- Purification process for the preparation of non-carrier added copper-6417 Sep 2026US 2026/0279612 A1Curium US LLC
- Alpha-Emitting Isotope Generator and Method for Producing Alpha-Emitting Isotope17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279613 A1TAG1 Inc.
- Radionuclide production system and radionuclide production method27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253758 A1Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Radioisotope source13 Aug 2026US 2026/0237534 A1AdvanCell Pty Limited
- Isotope Generator System and Method of Generating Isotope13 Aug 2026US 2026/0237535 A1TAG1 Inc.
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