Patent Theme
Automated Liquid Handling
Systems and components designed for precise, automated manipulation, transfer, and dispensing of liquid samples and reagents, often involving pipettes, robotic arms, and specialized sample containers.
5,936 US filings from 1,794 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,460 · 2024: 1,983 · 2025: 1,761 · 2026 YTD: 732
Laboratory Apparatus
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION | 370 | 88 | 131 | 104 | 47 | -20.6% |
| 2 | SHIMADZU CORPORATION | 178 | 42 | 73 | 49 | 14 | -32.9% |
| 3 | Becton, Dickinson and Company | 148 | 43 | 54 | 34 | 17 | -37.0% |
| 4 | Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. | 104 | 27 | 32 | 34 | 11 | +6.2% |
| 5 | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | 97 | 13 | 36 | 31 | 17 | -13.9% |
| 6 | AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 92 | 22 | 31 | 21 | 18 | -32.3% |
| 7 | Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. | 82 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 18 | +5.0% |
| 8 | Beckman Coulter, Inc. | 72 | 14 | 27 | 18 | 13 | -33.3% |
| 9 | TECAN TRADING AG | 61 | 12 | 22 | 20 | 7 | -9.1% |
| 10 | Waters Technologies Corporation | 58 | 12 | 26 | 13 | 7 | -50.0% |
| 11 | Illumina, Inc. | 57 | 13 | 23 | 16 | 5 | -30.4% |
| 12 | Elemental Scientific, Inc. | 51 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 6 | -26.3% |
| 13 | Sysmex Corporation | 50 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 2 | -6.7% |
| 14 | CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION | 46 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 2 | -5.6% |
| 15 | LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | 45 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 5 | -52.9% |
| 16 | Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc. | 43 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 7 | +8.3% |
| 17 | Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. | 40 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 5 | -9.1% |
| 18 | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. | 38 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 4 | +200.0% |
| 19 | SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY | 35 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 4 | +10.0% |
| 20 | Dionex Softron GmbH | 34 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 7 | -44.4% |
| 21 | 10x Genomics, Inc. | 32 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 4 | -52.9% |
| 22 | HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | · | -27.3% |
| 23 | SONY GROUP CORPORATION | 32 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 5 | +16.7% |
| 24 | DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd. | 29 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 2 | -70.6% |
| 25 | Precision Planting LLC | 27 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 2 | -25.0% |