B01L 2400/0427
Electrowetting
B01L2400/0427 (Electrowetting) appears on 643 US grants and 987 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B01L- Granted patents
- 643
- Published applications
- 987
- Assignees
- 241
- Inventors
- 1,287
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 7 |
| 2004 | 2 | 7 |
| 2005 | 5 | 1 |
| 2006 | 6 | 17 |
| 2007 | 3 | 24 |
| 2008 | 3 | 29 |
| 2009 | 4 | 21 |
| 2010 | 18 | 41 |
| 2011 | 16 | 40 |
| 2012 | 28 | 25 |
| 2013 | 27 | 45 |
| 2014 | 36 | 52 |
| 2015 | 42 | 63 |
| 2016 | 41 | 54 |
| 2017 | 34 | 34 |
| 2018 | 22 | 48 |
| 2019 | 37 | 64 |
| 2020 | 52 | 76 |
| 2021 | 42 | 71 |
| 2022 | 61 | 69 |
| 2023 | 49 | 75 |
| 2024 | 44 | 57 |
| 2025 | 39 | 46 |
| 2026 | 27 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Pattern electrode structure for electrowetting apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,746,545 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Microdroplet manipulation device15 Sep 2026US 12,734,519 B2Lightcast Discovery Ltd
- Microfluidic substrate, microfluidic chip and microfluidic system15 Sep 2026US 12,734,522 B2Beijing BOE Sensor Technology Co., Ltd.
- Digital microfluidics systems, apparatuses and methods of using them18 Aug 2026US 12,708,901 B2Integra Biosciences AG
- Biosensor and cell manipulation method9 Jun 2026US 12,649,152 B2VisEra Technologies Company Limited
- A method of forming arrays of droplets1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295590 A1
- A method of forming arrays of droplets27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249296 A1Nuclera Ltd
- Improvements in or relating to a cartridge23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208193 A1Lightcast Discovery Ltd
- Digital microfluidics devices and methods of using them2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183766 A1Integra Biosciences AG
- Devices, systems, and methods for disposing samples on cartridges2 Jul 2026US 2026/0186013 A1IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Actuators for microfluidics without moving parts497US 6,565,727 B1Nanolytics, Inc. · 2003
- Apparatus for manipulating droplets by electrowetting-based techniques444US 6,911,132 B2Duke University · 2005
- Electrostatic actuators for microfluidics and methods for using same369US 6,773,566 B2Nanolytics, Inc. · 2004
- Method, apparatus and article for microfluidic control via electrowetting, for chemical, biochemical and biological assays and the like324US 7,163,612 B2Keck Graduate Institute · 2007
- Methods for sampling a liquid flow189US 7,329,545 B2Duke University · 2008