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Benjamin Apker — 13 Patents

MIMitegen: 10 patents #1 of 8Top 15%
CUCornell University: 1 patents #786 of 1,984Top 40%
Barton, NY: #1 of 12 inventorsTop 9%
New York: #11,463 of 115,490 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
Benjamin Apker has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at Mitegen. The first was granted in 2013 and the most recent in December 2025. Benjamin Apker ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list Benjamin Apker in Barton, NY, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2013 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2025.peak 62013: 1 patents20132018: 1 patents20182022: 1 patents20222023: 2 patents20232024: 2 patents20242025: 6 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12498159 Cryogenic cooling apparatus, methods, and applications David Closs, Stephen Hollabaugh, Robert E. Thorne, Robert Paxton NEWMAN 2025-12-16
12436116 Serial synchrotron crystallography sample holding system Robert E. Thorne, David Closs 2025-10-07
12366509 Sample supports and sample cooling systems for cryo-electron microscopy David Closs, Robert E. Thorne 2025-07-22
12330148 Humidified sample preparation station for serial crystallography Richard Jayne, David Closs, Robert E. Thorne 2025-06-17
12292395 Serial synchrotron crystallography sample holding system Robert E. Thorne, David Closs 2025-05-06
12185717 System for rapid cooling and warming of cells and other biological material Robert E. Thorne, David Closs, Richard Jayne 2025-01-07
12007342 Serial synchrotron crystallography sample holding system Robert E. Thorne, David Closs 2024-06-11
11925931 Humidified sample preparation station for serial crystallography Richard Jayne, David Closs, Robert E. Thorne 2024-03-12
11653644 System for rapid cooling and warming of cells and other biological material Robert E. Thorne, David Closs, Richard Jayne 2023-05-23
11605524 System for sample storage and shipping for cryoelectron microscopy David Closs, Jessica Benitez, Mazdak Radjainia 2023-03-14
11473826 Cryogenic cooling apparatus, methods, and applications David Closs, Stephen Hollabaugh, Robert E. Thorne, Robert C. Newman, Jr. 2022-10-18
9855557 Microplates and methods for protein crystallization and biotechnology Robert E. Thorne, Robert C. Newman, Jr. 2018-01-02
8571177 Goniometer base apparatus and method Robert E. Thorne, Eric Hunt 2013-10-29

Frequent Collaborators

Robert E. Thorne12 shared
David Closs11 shared
Richard Jayne4 shared
Robert C. Newman, Jr.2 shared
Stephen Hollabaugh2 shared
Robert Paxton NEWMAN1 shared

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