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Ralf Lenigk — 25 Patents

GE: 22 patents #1,177 of 36,430Top 4%
CUColumbia University: 1 patents #1,151 of 2,492Top 50%
TOTokitae: 1 patents #86 of 123Top 70%
Niskayuna, NY: #157 of 949 inventorsTop 20%
New York: #5,198 of 115,490 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #158,593 of 4,157,543Top 4%
25 Patents All Time
Ralf Lenigk has been granted 25 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 2015 and the most recent in October 2025. Ralf Lenigk ranks #158,593 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.8%). Patent records list Ralf Lenigk in Niskayuna, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2015 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2018.peak 62015: 3 patents20152016: 3 patents20162017: 1 patents20172018: 6 patents20182019: 1 patents20192020: 3 patents20202021: 1 patents20212022: 3 patents20222023: 3 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 25 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12453967 Closed system centrifuge tube for performing sample transfer Christopher Michael Puleo, Tejas Suresh Khire, Tyler Hammond, Erik Leeming Kvam, Allison Caron 2025-10-28
11821891 Erythrocyte aggregation and leukocyte isolation Jessica Godin Karp, Xiaohui Chen, Kashan Ali Shaikh, Mengli Wang, Christine Lynne Surrette 2023-11-21 $42,059,000
11597960 Assessment of micro-organism presence Alex David Corwin, Erik Leeming Kvam, Christine Lynne Surrette, Brian Joseph Scherer, Pei-Hsin Kuo 2023-03-07 $38,720,000
11590502 Assessment of micro-organism presence Alex David Corwin, Erik Leeming Kvam, Christine Lynne Surrette, Brian Joseph Scherer, Pei-Hsin Kuo +1 more 2023-02-28 $32,656,000
11399743 Wearable sweat sensing systems and methods thereof Azar Alizadeh, Matthew Jeremiah Misner, Andrew Arthur Paul Burns, Richard JeanLuc St. Pierre 2022-08-02 $26,150,000
11402349 High capacity redox electrodes and their use in cell lysis Andrea Jeannine Peters, Thomas Elliot Stecher, Craig Patrick Galligan, Christopher Michael Puleo 2022-08-02
11311225 Systems and methods for shielded and adjustable medical monitoring devices Azar Alizadeh, Andrew Arthur Paul Burns, Matthew Jeremiah Misner, Jeffrey Michael Ashe, Obi Aghogho +5 more 2022-04-26 $20,426,000
11033859 Methods for electroelution of biomolecules Christopher Michael Puleo, John Richard Nelson, Patrick McCoy Spooner, Nicole Lea Wood, Li Zhu +1 more 2021-06-15
10859563 Erythrocyte aggregation and leukocyte isolation Jessica Godin Karp, Xiaohui Chen, Kashan Ali Shaikh, Mengli Wang, Christine Lynne Surrette 2020-12-08 $69,865,000
10675622 Sample collection and transfer device Erin Jean Finehout, Xuefeng Wang 2020-06-09 $11,176,000
10598577 Photodegradable sample collection system and method Arunkumar Natarajan, John Richard Nelson, Patrick McCoy Spooner, Wei Gao, Kwok Pong Chan +3 more 2020-03-24 $12,343,000
10350592 Sample collection and transfer device Erin Jean Finehout, Xuefeng Wang 2019-07-16 $19,185,000
10132743 Fixed optics photo-thermal spectroscopy reader and method of use Mark Marshall Meyers, Victor Petrovich Ostroverkhov, Timothy Toepfer, Keith Michael Looney, Terry Lee Saunders +5 more 2018-11-20 $12,665,000
10030241 Methods and kits for capturing sperm nucleic acids Patrick McCoy Spooner, Peter James Tatnell, Jeffrey Kenneth Horton, John Richard Nelson, Michael John Gerdes +3 more 2018-07-24 $17,316,000
10033910 Synchronous sampling methods for infrared cameras Mark Marshall Meyers, Victor Petrovich Ostroverkhov, Timothy Toepfer, Keith Michael Looney 2018-07-24 $17,316,000
9999856 Methods for electroelution of biomolecules Christopher Michael Puleo, John Richard Nelson, Patrick McCoy Spooner, Nichole Lea Wood, Li Zhu +1 more 2018-06-19 $16,582,000
9957548 Methods of capturing sperm nucleic acids Michael John Gerdes, John Richard Nelson, Patrick McCoy Spooner 2018-05-01 $19,290,000
9901922 Sample collection and transfer device Erin Jean Finehout, Xuefeng Wang 2018-02-27 $19,135,000
9714447 Detection of nucleic acid amplification in a porous substrate Erin Jean Finehout, Christopher Michael Puleo, Jason Michael Nichols, John Richard Nelson 2017-07-25 $37,895,000
9480981 Sample collection and transfer device Erin Jean Finehout, Xuefeng Wang 2016-11-01 $20,807,000
9333463 Devices and systems for elution of biomolecules Christopher Michael Puleo, John Richard Nelson, Patrick McCoy Spooner, Nichole Lea Wood, Li Zhu +1 more 2016-05-10 $20,337,000
9255348 Systems and methods for biodosimetry with biochip using gene expression signatures Frederic Zenhausern, Christine Orozco, Mark Richards, Carl Yamashiro, Sally A. Amundson +2 more 2016-02-09
9199201 Self contained electroosmotic pump and method of making thereof Christopher Michael Puleo 2015-12-01 $33,619,000
9103331 Electro-osmotic pump Christopher Michael Puleo, Christopher Fred Keimel, Xiaohui Chen, Craig Patrick Galligan, Todd F. Miller 2015-08-11 $24,087,000
9063041 Device and method for drying biological sample on substrate Christopher Michael Puleo, John Richard Nelson, Patrick McCoy Spooner 2015-06-23 $30,811,000