B01F 33/3035
Using surface tension to mix, move or hold the fluids
Official title: {using surface tension to mix, move or hold the fluids}
B01F33/3035 (Using surface tension to mix, move or hold the fluids) appears on 102 US grants and 130 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B01F- Granted patents
- 102
- Published applications
- 130
- Assignees
- 83
- Inventors
- 265
- Latest grant
- 31 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 5 |
| 2005 | 4 | 7 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 3 | 6 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 5 | 6 |
| 2012 | 3 | 8 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 |
| 2015 | 3 | 7 |
| 2016 | 5 | 8 |
| 2017 | 7 | 6 |
| 2018 | 1 | 7 |
| 2019 | 5 | 8 |
| 2020 | 7 | 6 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Microdroplet/bubble generation device31 Mar 2026US 12,589,372 B2Japan Science and Technology Agency
- Microfluidic device and method of manufacture thereof18 Nov 2025US 12,472,498 B2Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC
- Opposables incorporating onboard reagents and automated specimen processing systems30 Sep 2025US 12,429,493 B2Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
- Microchannel chip23 Sep 2025US 12,420,281 B2Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
- Microfluidic serial dilution platform based well-plate using an oil-free immiscible phase driven by manual or electronic pipettors6 May 2025US 12,290,811 B2Unchained Labs
- Flow reactor16 Apr 2026US 2026/0102752 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Patterning wettability in complex microfluidic channels for very large-scale generation of double emulsions11 Dec 2025US 2025/0375746 A1The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
- A microfluidic system20 Feb 2025US 2025/0058318 A1
- A microfluidic system20 Feb 2025US 2025/0058319 A1
- Droplet forming devices and methods having fluoropolymer silane coating agents2 Jan 2025US 2025/0002747 A110x Genomics, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Moving microdroplets561US 6,130,098 AThe Regents of the University of Michigan · 2000
- 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
- Apparatus for manipulating droplets by electrowetting-based techniques444US 6,911,132 B2Duke University · 2005
- Microscale devices and reactions in microscale devices407US 6,057,149 AUniversity of Michigan · 2000