GEN PROBE INC Active Patents
22 granted patents the USPTO still lists as patented, newest filing first, as the USPTO Open Data Portal records them; the company is the first-named applicant. The application number opens the full record at Patent Center.
- 2023-12-29: Application 18401140; Invention SCISSORS ACTUATOR CONFIGURED TO TRANSLATE A SUPPORT PLATFORM IN EITHER OF OPPOSED LATERAL DIRECTIONS; Applicant Gen-Probe Incorporated; Status Patented Case.
- 2023-12-29: Application 18401088; Invention LOCKING MECHANISM FOR RELEASABLY LOCKING A RECEPTACLE CARRIER TO A CARRIER SUPPORT; Applicant Gen-Probe Incorporated; Status Patented Case.
- 2023-12-20: Application 18391471; Invention APPARATUS FOR INCUBATING RECEPTACLES AND DETECTING OPTICAL SIGNALS EMITTED BY THE CONTENTS OF THE RECEPTACLES; Applicant Gen-Probe Incorporated; Status Patented Case.
- 2023-11-21: Application 18516696; Invention COMPOSITIONS ON PLASMA-TREATED SURFACES; Applicant Gen-Probe Incorporated; Status Patented Case.
| Filed | Application | Invention | Applicant | Status | Granted | Patent | Published as | Inventor name | Inventor country | Examiner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-29 | 18401140 | SCISSORS ACTUATOR CONFIGURED TO TRANSLATE A SUPPORT PLATFORM IN EITHER OF OPPOSED LATERAL DIRECTIONS | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Patented Case | 2025-06-17 | 12330163 | US20240173720A1 | Julian GROELI Jin CHEN | United States United States | ROMANO, ASHLEY K |
| 2023-12-29 | 18401088 | LOCKING MECHANISM FOR RELEASABLY LOCKING A RECEPTACLE CARRIER TO A CARRIER SUPPORT | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Patented Case | 2025-06-24 | 12337327 | US20240131521A1 | David A. BUSE | United States | ROMANO, ASHLEY K |
| 2023-12-20 | 18391471 | APPARATUS FOR INCUBATING RECEPTACLES AND DETECTING OPTICAL SIGNALS EMITTED BY THE CONTENTS OF THE RECEPTACLES | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Patented Case | 2025-10-21 | 12449608 | US20240159972A1 | David BUSE David Howard COMBS Norbert D. HAGEN David OPALSKY Bruce RICHARDSON Anita PRASAD Keith MORAVICK Tyler MOORE | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH |
| 2023-11-21 | 18516696 | COMPOSITIONS ON PLASMA-TREATED SURFACES | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Patented Case | 2025-03-25 | 12258458 | US20240092986A1 | Byron J. KNIGHT David OPALSKY | United States United States | ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E |
| 2023-10-30 | 18385300 | METHOD FOR RECONSTITUTING A REAGENT | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Patented Case | 2024-10-08 | 12110535 | US20240060114A1 | David A. BUSE Norbert D. Hagen David Opalsky | United States United States United States | GORDON, BRIAN R |
| 2023-10-27 | 18288789 | JIG FOR POSITIONING AND SECURING A FIRST CONSOLE WITH RESPECT TO A SECOND CONSOLE | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Patented Case | 2024-10-01 | 12105107 | US20240219415A1 | Rolf SILBERT HongRan PENG | United States United States | MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER |
| 2023-10-18 | 18489516 | RECEPTACLE DELIVERY SYSTEM | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Patented Case | 2025-02-04 | 12216135 | US20240044928A1 | Rolf SILBERT HongRan PENG David Aaron BUSE David H. COMBS | United States United States United States United States | HARP, WILLIAM RAY |
| 2023-10-18 | 18489478 | PUCK AND RECEPTACLE DELIVERY SYSTEM | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Patented Case | 2025-01-28 | 12210031 | US20240069051A1 | Rolf SILBERT HongRan PENG David Aaron BUSE David H. COMBS | United States United States United States United States | HARP, WILLIAM RAY |
| 2023-10-06 | 18482796 | MICROFLUIDIC CARTRIDGE | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Patented Case | 2025-04-15 | 12275009 | US20240131511A1 | Yann MARCY Marc ARTIGUE Quentin LE MASNE Kevin MARQ | France France France France | LEVKOVICH, NATALIA A |
| 2023-09-27 | 18476205 | METHOD FOR READING MACHINE-READABLE LABELS ON SAMPLE RECEPTACLES | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Patented Case | 2025-02-18 | 12229626 | US20240020496A1 | Norbert D. HAGEN David OPALSKY Rolf SILBERT | United States United States United States | LE, THIEN MINH |
| 2023-09-20 | 18470927 | FLUID CONTAINER | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Patented Case | 2025-03-04 | 12239989 | US20240009672A1 | David BUSE Byron J. KNIGHT | United States United States | RAMIREZ, ALEX |
| 2023-09-11 | 18244638 | AUTOMATED SAMPLE HANDLING INSTRUMENTATION, SYSTEMS, PROCESSES, AND METHODS | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Patented Case | 2026-08-04 | 12699111 | US20240142486A1 | Rolf SILBERT David OPALSKY David Aaron BUSE Robert J. ROSATI Olev TAMMER Richard CAPELLA Matthias MERTEN | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | TURK, NEIL N |
| 2023-08-28 | 18238845 | SYSTEM FOR FREEZING DISPENSED DROPLETS OF LIQUID | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Patented Case | 2025-02-25 | 12235040 | US20240060698A1 | Reza BASHAR | United States | TADESSE, MARTHA |
| 2023-08-08 | 18231440 | Method and Apparatus for Freezing Dispensed Droplets of Liquid | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Patented Case | 2025-01-07 | 12188716 | US20230392850A1 | Reza BASHAR | United States | TADESSE, MARTHA |
| 2023-08-04 | 18230549 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING AND STORING REAGENT PACKS IN AN INSTRUMENT | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Patented Case | 2024-12-24 | 12173352 | US20230383333A1 | David A. Buse Norbert D. Hagen David Opalsky | United States United States United States | GORDON, BRIAN R |
| 2023-08-02 | 18364326 | METHOD FOR CAPACITIVE FLUID LEVEL DETECTION | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Patented Case | 2025-07-29 | 12370552 | US20230381784A1 | Trung PHAM Jerry W. JEFFERS II David BUSE Steven G. GRUBBS | United States United States United States United States | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN |
| 2023-06-07 | 18331027 | METHOD FOR READING MACHINE-READABLE MARKS ON RACKS AND RECEPTACLES | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Patented Case | 2024-12-24 | 12175322 | US20240046053A1 | David OPALSKY | United States | MIKELS, MATTHEW |
| 2023-05-17 | 18037543 | Method and System For Performing a Cumulative Nucleic Acid Amplification Reaction | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Patented Case | 2026-08-25 | 12716088 | US20240301479A1 | Anne Niinivaara Juha Saharinen Juha Kirveskari | Finland Finland Finland | CROW, ROBERT THOMAS |
| 2023-03-10 | 18120335 | Systems and methods for capacitive fluid level detection, and handling containers | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Patented Case | 2026-03-31 | RE50846 | David OPALSKY David Buse James T. Tuggle Alexander Navarro Patrick Sheehan Olaf HORGER Gabriel GERLACH | United States United States United States United States United States Germany Germany | MCKANE, ELIZABETH L | |
| 2023-02-20 | 18111865 | AUTOMATED SAMPLE HANDLING INSTRUMENTATION, SYSTEMS, PROCESSES, AND METHODS | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Patented Case | 2023-11-14 | 11815522 | US20230204616A1 | Rolf SILBERT David Opalsky David Aaron Buse Robert J. Rosati Olev Tammer Richard Capella Matthias Merten | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | TURK, NEIL N |
| 2023-01-25 | 18159638 | OPTICAL SIGNAL DETECTION MODULES AND METHODS | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Patented Case | 2024-05-28 | 11994471 | US20230358682A1 | Norbert HAGEN George WALKER David COMBS | United States United States United States | PYO, KEVIN K |
| 2023-01-25 | 18159218 | DETECTING BABESIA SPECIES NUCLEIC ACID IN A SAMPLE | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Patented Case | 2025-09-02 | 12404559 | US20230227922A1 | Vanessa BRES Deanna SELF Jeffrey M. LINNEN | United States United States United States | GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE |