The Liquid Biopsy Index
A reproducible index of liquid-biopsy innovation from 2008–2026: the shape of the field by application area and the patents behind it. Every number traces back to a source record.
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Research
35,481 in-scope papers, 2008–2026. Year-over-year growth decomposed by application area, analyte, geography, and impact.
Patents
10,884 in-scope granted inventions, de-duplicated by patent family — a US-anchored landscape plus a separate China-only view, with 1,366 still-pending US applications alongside.
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Every classified record, papers and patents together. Filter by year, track, analyte, application, field, country, or owner.
Methods
The locked query, CPC family, classification rubric, census methods, and the honest limitations — so every figure is auditable.
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