GEN PROBE INC Patent Applications Pending
56 applications still open at the USPTO, 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.
- 2025-12-30: Application 19436106; Invention FLUIDIC CARTRIDGE WITH CHAMBER EXPANDER; Applicant Gen-Probe Incorporated; Status Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination.
- 2025-12-22: Application 19428943; Invention LYSIS IN A FLUIDIC CARTRIDGE BY MAGNETIC AGITATION OF LYSIS ELEMENTS AND WITH INTERNAL CONTROL; Applicant Gen-Probe Incorporated; Status Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination.
- 2025-12-18: Application 19424814; Invention LYSIS IN A FLUIDIC CARTRIDGE BY MAGNETIC AGITATION OF LYSIS ELEMENTS AND WITH INTERNAL CONTROL; Applicant Gen-Probe Incorporated; Status Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination.
- 2025-12-16: Application 19421342; Invention COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CAPTURING TARGET NUCLEIC ACIDS; Applicant Gen-Probe Incorporated; Status Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination.
| Filed | Application | Invention | Applicant | Status | Published as | Inventor name | Inventor country | Examiner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 19436106 | FLUIDIC CARTRIDGE WITH CHAMBER EXPANDER | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20260124616A1 | Byron J. KNIGHT Norbert D. HAGEN | United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-12-22 | 19428943 | LYSIS IN A FLUIDIC CARTRIDGE BY MAGNETIC AGITATION OF LYSIS ELEMENTS AND WITH INTERNAL CONTROL | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20260110016A1 | Byron J. KNIGHT Norbert D. HAGEN David OPALSKY Daniel J. SOLIS | United States United States United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-12-18 | 19424814 | LYSIS IN A FLUIDIC CARTRIDGE BY MAGNETIC AGITATION OF LYSIS ELEMENTS AND WITH INTERNAL CONTROL | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20260110020A1 | Byron J. KNIGHT Norbert D. HAGEN David OPALSKY | United States United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-12-16 | 19421342 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CAPTURING TARGET NUCLEIC ACIDS | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20260176612A1 | Marcela Alejandra Carvallo Pinto Ankur Shah | United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-12-11 | 19416385 | LYSIS VESSEL FOR ON-BOARD LYSIS | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20260098253A1 | Byron J. KNIGHT Norbert D. HAGEN David OPALSKY Daniel J. SOLIS | United States United States United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-12-04 | 19490286 | METHODS FOR ISOLATING A MICROBIAL ANALYTE | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | Anne NIINIVAARA Juha SAHARINEN | Finland Finland | CENTRAL, DOCKET | |
| 2025-12-04 | 19408901 | AUTOMATED FLUID SAMPLE HANDLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20260086105A1 | Rolf SILBERT HongRan PENG Ching Wei CHANG | United States United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-12-03 | 19407645 | CAPSULE FOR ON-BOARD LYSIS IN A FLUIDIC CARTRIDGE | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20260085275A1 | Byron J. KNIGHT Norbert D. HAGEN David OPALSKY Daniel J. SOLIS | United States United States United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-11-12 | 19386965 | FLUIDIC CARTRIDGE AND APPARATUSES FOR PROCESSING FLUIDIC CARTRIDGES | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20260070058A1 | David BUSE David OPALSKY | United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-11-03 | 19481005 | Method and System for Improving Specificity of Analyte Detection Using Real-Time Nucleic Acid Amplification | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | Vincent Chabot David Opalsky | United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET | |
| 2025-10-23 | 19366647 | NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION PROCESS CONTROLS | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20260043077A1 | Jérôme HENNETIN | France | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-10-22 | 19365953 | NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION PROCESS CONTROLS | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20260043075A1 | Jérôme HENNETIN Roberto RUFFINENGO Ivan FERRANTE Adriano PITONI | France France France France | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-10-22 | 19365811 | NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION PROCESS CONTROLS | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20260043742A1 | Jérôme HENNETIN Jean-Sebastien BONDET | France France | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-10-21 | PCTUS2025051940 | MACROLIDE-RESISTANT MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM ASSAY WITH REDUCED INCIDENCE OF FALSE-POSITIVE REPORTING | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | RO PROCESSING COMPLETED-PLACED IN STORAGE | MARCELA ALEJANDRA CARVALLO PINTO JOSHUA KALANI MOBERLY BRETT W. KIRKCONNELL VINCENT CHABOT MEGAN WILLIAMS VALERY MATHIEU BENJAMIN GROBARCZYK LAURENT FRANZIL | United States United States United States United States United States Belgium Belgium Belgium | ||
| 2025-10-01 | 19346701 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR AMPLIFYING, DETECTING OR QUANTIFYING HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20260125773A1 | Paul Darby Siobhan Miick Jo Ann Jackson Hee Cheol Kim Amber Hillius Ankur Shah | United States United States United States United States United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-09-22 | 19336267 | SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR ISOLATING AN ANALYTE | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20260015606A1 | Anne H. NIINIVAARA Juha M. N. SAHARINEN Katri M. HOLAPPA | Finland Finland Finland | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-08-27 | PCTUS2025043652 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR AMPLIFYING AND/ | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | RO PROCESSING COMPLETED-PLACED IN STORAGE | MARCELA ALEJANDRA CARVALLO PINTO PASI MIKA JUHANI PIIPARINEN SANGEETHA VIJAYSRI NAIR JOSHUA KALANI MOBERLY YANLING WANG | United States United States United States United States United States | ||
| 2025-08-19 | PCTUS2025042626 | ON-BOARD LYSIS, INTERNAL CONTROL, AND VOLUMETRIC EXPANSION IN A FLUIDIC CARTRIDGE | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | RO PROCESSING COMPLETED-PLACED IN STORAGE | BYRON J. KNIGHT DAVID OPALSKY NORBERT D. HAGEN ROLF SILBERT XIAO WANG KOBE CAO DANIEL J. SOLIS ANTHONY BRUCHET IVAN FERRANTE YANN MARCY KEVIN MARQ REGIS MELIZZI PEKKA SAVANDER MATHEW JAMES BRUNGARDT | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States France France France France France Finland United States | ||
| 2025-08-19 | 19303717 | KITS AND METHODS FOR BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE PROCESSING | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Response to Non-Final Office Action Entered and Forwarded to Examiner | US20250382659A1 | Anne-Laure SHAPIRO James T. TUGGLE David OPALSKY Sangeetha Vijaysri NAIR | United States United States United States United States | ROBINSON, HOPE A |
| 2025-08-13 | 19298559 | FAR-RED DYE PROBE FORMULATIONS | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20250369035A1 | Sheila Aubin WALKER Mehrdad R. MAJLESSI Jimmykim PHAM Joshua BOUSQUET | United States United States United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-08-01 | 19153240 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20260234736A1 | Brian A. DOCKTER Joshua K. MOBERLY Brett W. KIRKCONNELL Marcella A. CARVALLO PINTO | United States United States United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-07-28 | 19282177 | SYSTEMS FOR DIFFERENTIAL MEASUREMENT OF A FLUID LEVEL IN A SAMPLE RECEPTACLE | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20250355011A1 | Rolf SILBERT | United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-07-28 | 19282007 | METHOD FOR CAPACITIVE FLUID LEVEL DETECTION | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20250353018A1 | Trung Q. PHAM Jerry W. JEFFERS II David BUSE Steven G. GRUBBS | United States United States United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-07-25 | 19151258 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING STX NUCLEIC ACIDS | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20260226563A1 | Pasi M.J. PIIPARINEN Minna M. MAUNULA | Finland Finland | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-07-07 | 19146189 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING GASTROINTESTINAL PATHOGENS | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20260218268A1 | Nesreen H. BARAKAT Sree D. PANUGANTI Tamara J. JOHNSON | United States United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-06-17 | 19140213 | ISOLATING AND LYSING CELLS | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20260042995A1 | Ivan FERRANTE Yann MARCY Anne H. NIINIVAARA Adriano PITONI Francesca SANSIPERSICO Jean Sebastien BONDET Anthony BRUCHET Kevin MARQ Roberto RUFFINENGO | France France Finland France France France France France France | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-05-29 | 19222759 | DETECTING BABESIA SPECIES NUCLEIC ACID IN A SAMPLE | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20250297329A1 | Vanessa BRES Deanna SELF Jeffrey M. LINNEN | United States United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-05-02 | 19196900 | RECEPTACLE TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR AN ANALYTICAL SYSTEM | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Non Final Action Mailed | US20250271457A1 | Rolf SILBERT HongRan PENG David Aaron BUSE David H. COMBS | United States United States United States United States | HARP, WILLIAM RAY |
| 2025-04-29 | PCTUS2025026844 | FLUIDIC CARTRIDGE AND APPARATUSES FOR PROCESSING FLUIDIC CARTRIDGES | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | RO PROCESSING COMPLETED-PLACED IN STORAGE | DAVID OPALSKY DAVID HOWARD COMBS NORBERT D. HAGEN DAVID BUSE ROLF SILBERT XIAO WANG ROUVEN BLANK MATTHIAS BARTH WALDEMAR LUKHAUB BRYON J. KNIGHT | United States United States United States United States United States United States Germany Germany Germany United States | ||
| 2025-04-11 | PCTUS2025024409 | ADAPTIVE CROSSTALK COMPENSATION OF OPTICAL SIGNAL DETECTION | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | RO PROCESSING COMPLETED-PLACED IN STORAGE | VINCENT CHABOT RAHUL KUMAR SHUMAR SARJAN SINGH RAGHUWANSHI | United States United States United States | ||
| 2025-04-10 | 19120025 | CELLULARITY CONTROL FOR NUCLEIC ACID ASSAYS | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20260132477A1 | Damon K. GETMAN Analee R. WILLIAMS | United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-04-08 | 19173380 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING GROUPS OF CONSUMABLES BETWEEN VERTICALLY SPACED HOLDING SHELVES | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20250235873A1 | David A. BUSE Jin CHEN David H. COMBS Julian GROELI Norbert D. HAGEN David OPALSKY | United States United States United States United States United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-03-13 | 19078889 | DISPOSABLE PIPETTE TIP MANAGEMENT | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20250244352A1 | David H. COMBS Norbert D. HAGEN Ayra BAKER Joseph Reed ELLIS | United States United States United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-03-13 | 19078738 | DISPOSABLE PIPETTE TIP MANAGEMENT | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20250208158A1 | David H. COMBS Norbert D. HAGEN Ayra BAKER Joseph Reed ELLIS | United States United States United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-03-07 | 19073409 | DISPOSABLE PIPETTE TIP MANAGEMENT | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20250199026A1 | David H. COMBS Norbert D. HAGEN Ayra BAKER Joseph Reed ELLIS | United States United States United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-03-06 | 19109506 | Method of Detecting Nucleic Acid Analytes Using Dual-Specificity Primers | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20260152785A1 | Charles B. Cappellari Paul M. Darby | United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-03-03 | 19068286 | FLUID CONTAINER | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20250262621A1 | David BUSE Byron J. KNIGHT | United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-02-05 | 19101323 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF VIRAL PATHOGENS IN SAMPLES | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Application Undergoing Preexam Processing | Marcela A. CARVALLO PINTO Joshua Kalani MOBERLY Barbara Lynn EATON | United States United States United States | ||
| 2025-01-31 | 63752023 | CHAMBER EXTENDER AND CAP FOR A MULTI-CHAMBERED FLUIDIC CARTRIDGE | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Provisional Application Expired | Byron J. KNIGHT Norbert D. HAGEN | United States United States | ||
| 2025-01-27 | 19037857 | ANALYTICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20250180590A1 | Jennifer L. TIDD Anne-Laure SHAPIRO Jason F. RHUBOTTOM Alberto A. LIO Timothy J. SCHEER James T. TUGGLE Ankur H. SHAH David OPALSKY | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-01-21 | 63747873 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR AMPLIFYING AND/ | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Provisional Application Expired | Clement CASSART Samira BARHDADI Ankur SHAH | Belgium Belgium United States | ||
| 2025-01-17 | 19029616 | LABELS, RECEPTACLES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC SAMPLE PROCESSING | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20250164513A1 | Rolf SILBERT | United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-01-17 | 19029560 | LABELS, RECEPTACLES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC SAMPLE PROCESSING | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20250164512A1 | Rolf SILBERT | United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-01-17 | 19027187 | VALVE ACTUATOR FOR MICROFLUIDIC CARTRIDGE | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20250269371A1 | Yann MARCY Marc ARTIGUE Quentin LE MASNE Kevin MARQ | France France France France | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-01-17 | 19027072 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING AND STORING REAGENT PACKS IN AN INSTRUMENT | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20250263776A1 | David Aaron BUSE David OPALSKY Jason F. RHUBOTTOM Norbert D. HAGEN Jennifer TIDD | United States United States United States United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-01-17 | 19027025 | APPARATUS FOR APPLYING THERMAL ENERGY TO A RECEPTACLE AND DETECTING AN EMISSION SIGNAL FROM THE RECEPTACLE | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20250263788A1 | David Howard Combs David OPALSKY | United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-01-16 | 19025006 | Compositions and Methods for Detecting or Quantifying Hepatitis B Virus | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20250154612A1 | Kui Gao Jeffrey M. Linnen | United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-01-15 | 19022701 | METHOD OF PERFORMING A LAB DEVELOPED TEST | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20250154575A1 | Jennifer L. TIDD Anne-Laure SHAPIRO Ankur H. SHAH James T. TUGGLE David OPALSKY Alberto A. LIO Timothy J. SCHEER Jason F. RHUBOTTOM David Aaron BUSE | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-01-15 | 19022617 | METHOD OF PERFORMING A LAB DEVELOPED TEST | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20250154574A1 | Jennifer L. TIDD Anne-Laure SHAPIRO Ankur H. SHAH James T. TUGGLE David OPALSKY Alberto A. LIO Timothy J. SCHEER Jason F. RHUBOTTOM David Aaron BUSE | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-01-15 | 19022583 | METHOD OF PERFORMING A LAB DEVELOPED TEST | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20250154573A1 | Jennifer L. TIDD Anne-Laure SHAPIRO Ankur H. SHAH James T. TUGGLE David OPALSKY Alberto A. LIO Timothy J. SCHEER Jason F. RHUBOTTOM David Aaron BUSE | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-01-15 | 19021925 | METHOD OF PERFORMING A LAB DEVELOPED TEST | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20250163503A1 | Jennifer L. TIDD Anne-Laure SHAPIRO Ankur H. SHAH James T. TUGGLE David OPALSKY Alberto A. LIO Timothy J. SCHEER Jason F. RHUBOTTOM David Aaron BUSE | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-01-14 | 19020150 | METHODS FOR ISOLATING TARGET NUCLEIC ACIDS | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20250163402A1 | Ankur SHAH | United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-01-13 | 19018475 | EVAPORATION-LIMITING INSERTS FOR REAGENT CONTAINERS AND RELATED METHODS OF USE | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20250144635A1 | Byron J. KNIGHT Vincent CHABOT | United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-01-09 | 19014660 | Compositions and Methods for Detecting Nucleic Acids of Epstein-Barr Virus | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20250146090A1 | Ankur SHAH Jian Yu FUNG | United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-01-06 | 19011504 | COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING BACTERIAL NUCLEIC ACID | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20260117314A1 | Damon Kittredge GETMAN Angela Sebring HUDSON Jimmykim PHAM Xianqun WANG Caroline CLARK | United States United States United States United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |
| 2025-01-06 | 19010944 | METHODS FOR DETECTING BACTERIAL NUCLEIC ACID | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination | US20250163523A1 | Damon Kittredge GETMAN Angela Sebring HUDSON Jimmykim PHAM Xianqun WANG Caroline CLARK | United States United States United States United States United States | CENTRAL, DOCKET |