B01L 3/50273
Characterised by the means or forces applied to move the fluids
Official title: {characterised by the means or forces applied to move the fluids}
B01L3/50273 (Characterised by the means or forces applied to move the fluids) appears on 3,191 US grants and 4,562 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B01L- Granted patents
- 3,191
- Published applications
- 4,562
- Assignees
- 1,502
- Inventors
- 7,461
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 36 | 22 |
| 2002 | 51 | 103 |
| 2003 | 49 | 91 |
| 2004 | 46 | 104 |
| 2005 | 43 | 125 |
| 2006 | 54 | 142 |
| 2007 | 49 | 101 |
| 2008 | 51 | 137 |
| 2009 | 53 | 139 |
| 2010 | 71 | 169 |
| 2011 | 90 | 140 |
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| 2014 | 128 | 171 |
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| 2017 | 153 | 231 |
| 2018 | 169 | 261 |
| 2019 | 199 | 289 |
| 2020 | 194 | 296 |
| 2021 | 208 | 300 |
| 2022 | 203 | 282 |
| 2023 | 212 | 239 |
| 2024 | 180 | 224 |
| 2025 | 180 | 165 |
| 2026 | 116 | 120 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) device22 Sep 2026US 12,741,282 B2Cytesi, Inc.
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- Microfluidic platform and associated setup for monitoring the ageing and/or degradation of a material of interest in a simulated medium1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295583 A1Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
- Liquid dispensing robot, liquid dispensing robotic system and method of liquid dispensing24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284660 A1Nanyang Technological University
- Integrated optoelectronic read head and fluidic cartridge useful for nucleic acid sequencing24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284666 A1Illumina, Inc.
- Manifolds, systems and methods for conducting biological studies under flow17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273527 A13D Systems, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tissue penetration device1,208US 7,025,774 B2Pelikan Technologies, Inc. · 2006
- Methods and apparatus for the detection of an analyte utilizing mesoscale flow systems1,006US 5,637,469 AThe Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Integrated nucleic acid diagnostic device1,005US 5,856,174 AAffymetrix, Inc. · 1999
- Integrated nucleic acid diagnostic device989US 5,922,591 AAffymetrix, Inc. · 1999
- High throughput screening assay systems in microscale fluidic devices877US 5,942,443 ACaliper Technologies Corp. · 1999