B04B 5/0407
For liquids contained in receptacles
Official title: {for liquids contained in receptacles (B04B5/0442 takes precedence)}
B04B5/0407 (For liquids contained in receptacles) appears on 982 US grants and 760 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B04B- Granted patents
- 982
- Published applications
- 760
- Assignees
- 427
- Inventors
- 1,543
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 18 | 0 |
| 1977 | 19 | 0 |
| 1978 | 19 | 0 |
| 1979 | 13 | 0 |
| 1980 | 21 | 0 |
| 1981 | 21 | 0 |
| 1982 | 20 | 0 |
| 1983 | 23 | 0 |
| 1984 | 26 | 0 |
| 1985 | 14 | 0 |
| 1986 | 17 | 0 |
| 1987 | 16 | 0 |
| 1988 | 17 | 0 |
| 1989 | 23 | 0 |
| 1990 | 15 | 0 |
| 1991 | 11 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 14 | 0 |
| 1994 | 16 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 22 | 0 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | 20 | 0 |
| 1999 | 16 | 0 |
| 2000 | 23 | 0 |
| 2001 | 15 | 5 |
| 2002 | 20 | 30 |
| 2003 | 22 | 31 |
| 2004 | 27 | 30 |
| 2005 | 20 | 25 |
| 2006 | 21 | 22 |
| 2007 | 18 | 20 |
| 2008 | 17 | 29 |
| 2009 | 7 | 16 |
| 2010 | 20 | 23 |
| 2011 | 13 | 33 |
| 2012 | 27 | 23 |
| 2013 | 15 | 26 |
| 2014 | 12 | 30 |
| 2015 | 26 | 32 |
| 2016 | 18 | 38 |
| 2017 | 22 | 30 |
| 2018 | 22 | 31 |
| 2019 | 36 | 33 |
| 2020 | 27 | 39 |
| 2021 | 16 | 45 |
| 2022 | 22 | 36 |
| 2023 | 33 | 41 |
| 2024 | 37 | 34 |
| 2025 | 19 | 39 |
| 2026 | 13 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Centrifugal piston and centrifugal separation device having same8 Sep 2026US 12,728,427 B2
- Apparatus and process for the automated manufacturing of genetically engineered cells from biological fluids21 Jul 2026US 12,686,845 B2Limula SA
- Device for separating and recovering blood fractions14 Jul 2026US 12,678,804 B2Cellquest
- Method and device for processing tissues and cells by rotating microfluidic chips mounted on a support plate14 Jul 2026US 12,680,067 B2Syntr Health Technologies, Inc.
- Centrifuge rotor, centrifuge or ultracentrifuge comprising centrifuge rotor, sample retraction needle, method for in-situ sample retraction from a centrifuge tube16 Jun 2026US 12,654,177 B2Sartorius BIA Separations d.o.o.
- Centrifuge syringe1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295575 A1Hubertus Goller Gesellschaft M.B.H.
- Hand-held spinning centrifugal microfluidics systems and the applications thereof10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264092 A1City University of Hong Kong
- Blood separation device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264093 A1
- Centrifuge and method for operating this centrifuge27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249309 A1Andreas Hettich GmbH & Co. KG
- Continuous bioprocessing centrifuge rotor6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225113 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for determining distribution of fluids317US 4,671,102 AShell Oil Company · 1987
- Apparatus for separating blood into components thereof257US 4,303,193 AHaemonetics Corporation · 1981
- Blood collection and processing system252US 5,100,564 APall Corporation · 1992
- Centrifuge fluid container214US 4,010,894 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1977
- Centrifugal liquid processing system214US 4,146,172 ABaxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc. · 1979