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GEN PROBE INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    2,000
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    2,494
  • Filing trend
    ⇧ 56.0%
About

GEN PROBE INC has a total of 2,000 patent applications. It increased the IP activity by 56.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1984. It filed its patents most often in United States, EPO (European Patent Office) and Australia. Its main competitors in its focus markets biotechnology, measurement and chemical engineering are FUARUKO BIO SYST KK, STRECK INC and MAST GROUP LTD.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing GEN PROBE INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Opalsky David 214
#2 Becker Michael M 145
#3 Knight Byron J 140
#4 Brentano Steven T 130
#5 Kacian Daniel L 130
#6 Nelson Norman C 126
#7 Hogan James J 116
#8 Hagen Norbert D 113
#9 Linnen Jeffrey M 104
#10 Buse David 81

Latest patents

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