B01L 2400/02
Drop detachment mechanisms of single droplets from nozzles or pins
B01L2400/02 (Drop detachment mechanisms of single droplets from nozzles or pins) appears on 249 US grants and 369 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B01L- Granted patents
- 249
- Published applications
- 369
- Assignees
- 221
- Inventors
- 735
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2001 | 3 | 12 |
| 2002 | 7 | 12 |
| 2003 | 7 | 25 |
| 2004 | 14 | 27 |
| 2005 | 11 | 30 |
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| 2007 | 12 | 16 |
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| 2012 | 9 | 6 |
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| 2014 | 3 | 8 |
| 2015 | 13 | 11 |
| 2016 | 6 | 12 |
| 2017 | 10 | 8 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10 |
| 2019 | 12 | 13 |
| 2020 | 8 | 15 |
| 2021 | 9 | 26 |
| 2022 | 17 | 19 |
| 2023 | 12 | 22 |
| 2024 | 13 | 17 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9 |
| 2026 | 9 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B01L 2400/022Droplet contacts the surface of the receptacleIndexing code79
- B01L 2400/027Electrostatic forces between substrate and tipIndexing code60
- B01L 2400/021Non contact spotting by inertia, i.e. abrupt deceleration of the nozzle orIndexing code18
- B01L 2400/028Pin is moved through a ring which is filled with a fluidIndexing code11
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