Kinetic River Is Issued Its 21st Patent

Kinetic River was recently issued U.S. patent # 11,635,384 “Methods and Apparatuses for Label-Free Particle Analysis.” This is our sixth patent issued since December, making 21 overall (19 U.S. patents, one in China and one in Japan). This one further broadens our patent portfolio in the field of label-free flow cytometry and particle analysis.

For reference, our patents fit into the following families of intellectual property:

1. Time-resolved technologies, including the Arno (compensation-free flow cytometry), Danube (direct fluorescence lifetime measurements) instruments, Colorado (automated autofluorescence removal), and Tiber (label-free cancer cell detection).
2. Extremely high-throughput flow cytometry (Loire).
3. Label-free flow cytometry (Yangtze).
4. Modular, customizable systems (Potomac and Delaware).

Learn about our other recent patents:

• U.S. Patent No. 11,573,167, “Flow cytometry apparatus and methods.”
• U.S. Patent No. 11,573,165, “Particle analysis and imaging apparatus and methods.”
• U.S. Patent No. 11,543,339, “Particle analysis and imaging apparatus and methods.”
• U.S. Patent No. 11,536,642, “Particle analysis and imaging apparatus and methods.”

Kinetic River’s Founder and President, Dr. Giacomo Vacca now holds 71 patents (with more on the way). See his full list of patents in his bio.