B01L 2400/0442
Thermal energy
Official title: thermal energy, e.g. vaporisation, bubble jet
B01L2400/0442 (Thermal energy) appears on 463 US grants and 683 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B01L- Granted patents
- 463
- Published applications
- 683
- Assignees
- 244
- Inventors
- 1,070
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 4 |
| 2002 | 8 | 18 |
| 2003 | 6 | 15 |
| 2004 | 7 | 26 |
| 2005 | 10 | 32 |
| 2006 | 9 | 27 |
| 2007 | 12 | 27 |
| 2008 | 12 | 35 |
| 2009 | 7 | 19 |
| 2010 | 10 | 31 |
| 2011 | 19 | 20 |
| 2012 | 19 | 25 |
| 2013 | 20 | 23 |
| 2014 | 26 | 24 |
| 2015 | 25 | 30 |
| 2016 | 20 | 27 |
| 2017 | 16 | 28 |
| 2018 | 24 | 43 |
| 2019 | 37 | 38 |
| 2020 | 43 | 41 |
| 2021 | 20 | 38 |
| 2022 | 32 | 35 |
| 2023 | 19 | 26 |
| 2024 | 22 | 23 |
| 2025 | 19 | 22 |
| 2026 | 5 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Monolithic carrier structure including fluid routing for digital dispensing6 Oct 2026US 12,752,267 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Apparatus and methods for laser-based single cell recovery from microcapillary arrays19 May 2026US 12,631,532 B2xCella Biosciences, Inc.
- Apparatus and methods for multiplexed amplification and detection of DNA using convectional heating and label-free microarray14 Apr 2026US 12,599,908 B2William Marsh Rice University
- Bubble ejection method, bubble ejecting device, and bubble ejection apparatus24 Feb 2026US 12,559,773 B2Kyushu University, National University Corporation
- Electrical sensing, tracking, and actuation of droplets20 Jan 2026US 12,528,080 B2Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
- Centrifugal Microfluidic Biochip3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257222 A1
- Fluid ejection system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241379 A1Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Penetrable gel in a reaction vessel13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233216 A1Atila Biosystems, Inc.
- Microfluidic device and method for forming a cell assembly, and method for selectively treating a cell within such a cell assembly23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208191 A1Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Lille
- Apparatus for sorting microfluidic particles30 Apr 2026US 2026/0115718 A1Cellular Highways Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Chip-based isothermal amplification devices and methods651US 6,379,929 B1The Regents of the University of Michigan · 2002
- Moving microdroplets561US 6,130,098 AThe Regents of the University of Michigan · 2000
- Fully integrated miniaturized planar liquid sample handling and analysis device556US 5,571,410 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1996
- Device and method for pressure-driven plug transport and reaction451US 7,129,091 B2The University of Chicago · 2006
- Polymer-based micromachining for microfluidic devices351US 6,136,212 AThe Regents of the University of Michigan · 2000