B01L 3/563
Joints or fittings
Official title: {Joints or fittings; Separable fluid transfer means to transfer fluids between at least two containers, e.g. connectors}
B01L3/563 (Joints or fittings) appears on 462 US grants and 682 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B01L- Granted patents
- 462
- Published applications
- 682
- Assignees
- 345
- Inventors
- 1,234
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 2 | 9 |
| 2003 | 10 | 10 |
| 2004 | 7 | 18 |
| 2005 | 10 | 21 |
| 2006 | 3 | 14 |
| 2007 | 3 | 12 |
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| 2009 | 7 | 18 |
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| 2018 | 25 | 43 |
| 2019 | 27 | 40 |
| 2020 | 36 | 38 |
| 2021 | 35 | 49 |
| 2022 | 16 | 41 |
| 2023 | 17 | 31 |
| 2024 | 33 | 38 |
| 2025 | 31 | 37 |
| 2026 | 23 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Pipette tip adapter6 Oct 2026US 12,752,268 B2Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC
- HIV viral load testing29 Sep 2026US 12,748,120 B2Diagnostics for the Real World, Ltd.
- Beta component of a transfer system for a sterile isolation region, sterile isolation region, aseptic filling system, and a method of operating such a filling system15 Sep 2026US 12,734,526 B2Syntegon Technology GmbH
- Delivery consumable for delivering a fluid to a bioreactor8 Sep 2026US 12,728,422 B2Oribiotech LTD
- Apparatus for facilitating automated connection11 Aug 2026US 12,703,108 B2Multiply Labs Inc.
- Configurable assembly for retaining and dispensing liquids1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295594 A1Evolution Design & Development LLC
- Point of Need Fluid Transport Device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284656 A1Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
- Positive pressure filtration apparatus and method20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241314 A1Scientific Plastic Products, Inc.
- Device and method for the fluid connection of microfluidic containers20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242711 A1Netri
- Rubber insert for instrument and pipette tip sealing and alignment13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233220 A1Coagulo Medical Technologies, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Plasma concentrate apparatus and method289US 6,905,612 B2Hanuman LLC · 2005
- Integrated chip carriers with thermocycler interfaces and methods of using the same187US 7,704,735 B2Fluidigm Corporation · 2010
- Apparatus and method for correcting for variable velocity in microfluidic systems177US 6,613,512 B1Caliper Technologies Corp. · 2003
- Virtual wells for use in high throughput screening assays170US 6,565,813 B1Merck & Co., Inc. · 2003
- Device for moving a target-bearing solid through a liquid for detection while being contained164US 5,364,591 AEastman Kodak Company · 1994