B01F 33/3021
The components to be mixed being combined in a single independent droplet
Official title: {the components to be mixed being combined in a single independent droplet, e.g. these droplets being divided by a non-miscible fluid or consisting of independent droplets}
B01F33/3021 (The components to be mixed being combined in a single independent droplet) appears on 404 US grants and 539 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B01F- Granted patents
- 404
- Published applications
- 539
- Assignees
- 197
- Inventors
- 673
- Latest grant
- 30 Dec 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 8 |
| 2003 | 6 | 11 |
| 2004 | 2 | 14 |
| 2005 | 5 | 16 |
| 2006 | 8 | 21 |
| 2007 | 6 | 21 |
| 2008 | 8 | 15 |
| 2009 | 8 | 24 |
| 2010 | 6 | 32 |
| 2011 | 15 | 24 |
| 2012 | 15 | 22 |
| 2013 | 22 | 27 |
| 2014 | 30 | 31 |
| 2015 | 27 | 33 |
| 2016 | 27 | 36 |
| 2017 | 38 | 33 |
| 2018 | 21 | 31 |
| 2019 | 15 | 26 |
| 2020 | 33 | 32 |
| 2021 | 25 | 20 |
| 2022 | 19 | 15 |
| 2023 | 17 | 15 |
| 2024 | 15 | 13 |
| 2025 | 14 | 13 |
| 2026 | 0 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for generating a flow in a microdrop and device for implementing the method30 Dec 2025US 12,508,557 B2Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
- Sequencing of nucleic acids via barcoding in discrete entities21 Oct 2025US 12,448,643 B2The Regents of the University of California
- Assays and other reactions involving droplets16 Sep 2025US 12,416,033 B2President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Devices and methods for reducing the effects of settling of particles during droplet production19 Aug 2025US 12,390,775 B110x Genomics, Inc.
- Platform for the deterministic assembly of microfluidic droplets12 Aug 2025US 12,383,900 B2The Regents of the University of California
- Assays and other reactions involving droplets16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201436 A1President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Segmented fluidic mixing21 May 2026US 2026/0138128 A1LumiraDx UK Ltd.
- Continuous-flow microfluidic homogenization device26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084125 A1Wenzhou University of Technology
- Sandwich assays in droplets5 Feb 2026US 2026/0036577 A1Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
- Manipulation of microfluidic droplets27 Nov 2025US 2025/0362211 A1Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Microfluidic devices for the controlled manipulation of small volumes634US 6,524,456 B1UT-Battelle, LLC · 2003
- Moving microdroplets561US 6,130,098 AThe Regents of the University of Michigan · 2000
- Actuators for microfluidics without moving parts497US 6,565,727 B1Nanolytics, Inc. · 2003
- Electropipettor and compensation means for electrophoretic bias490US 5,779,868 ACaliper Technologies Corp. · 1998
- Electropipettor and compensation means for electrophoretic bias461US 5,880,071 ACaliper Technologies Corp. · 1999