C12M 23/16
Microfluidic devices
Official title: {Microfluidic devices; Capillary tubes (integrated microfluidic structures B01L3/5027; microreactors B01J19/0093)}
C12M23/16 (Microfluidic devices) appears on 1,047 US grants and 2,188 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C12M- Granted patents
- 1,047
- Published applications
- 2,188
- Assignees
- 878
- Inventors
- 4,563
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 5 |
| 2003 | 3 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 13 |
| 2005 | 0 | 11 |
| 2006 | 3 | 16 |
| 2007 | 2 | 36 |
| 2008 | 7 | 16 |
| 2009 | 6 | 34 |
| 2010 | 10 | 33 |
| 2011 | 14 | 48 |
| 2012 | 17 | 38 |
| 2013 | 17 | 42 |
| 2014 | 31 | 59 |
| 2015 | 28 | 58 |
| 2016 | 36 | 80 |
| 2017 | 34 | 78 |
| 2018 | 45 | 135 |
| 2019 | 66 | 150 |
| 2020 | 68 | 168 |
| 2021 | 108 | 223 |
| 2022 | 83 | 203 |
| 2023 | 110 | 199 |
| 2024 | 123 | 213 |
| 2025 | 136 | 191 |
| 2026 | 85 | 134 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- On-demand assembleable heterogeneous cell-culture platform29 Sep 2026US 12,747,420 B1North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
- Avian enteroids22 Sep 2026US 12,742,155 B2The University Court of the University of Edinburgh
- Bile duct chip and use thereof15 Sep 2026US 12,735,663 B2Kyoto University
- Culture structure, culture method and culture chip8 Sep 2026US 12,729,361 B2Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Method for three-dimensional replication of a biological tissue1 Sep 2026US 12,723,224 B2Technische Universitat Ilmenau
- Microphysiological system devices with self-contained photonic integrated circuit sensors8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308497 A1University of Rochester
- Lymphoid tissues with switchable protein gradients8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308498 A1Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Bio-engineered human prostate gland and disease model1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297481 A1Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
- Microbe-gut-joint axis multi-organ chip and preparation method thereof1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297482 A1Center for Neuromusculoskeletal Restorative Medicine Limited
- Pneumatic microfluidic perfuser for cell culture1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297484 A1National Research Council of Canada
Most cited
By later US patents
- Array-based microenvironment for cell culturing, cell monitoring and drug-target validation188US 6,653,124 B1Cytoplex Biosciences Inc. · 2003
- Apparatus and methods for conducting assays and high throughput screening185US 7,378,280 B2California Institute of Technology · 2008
- Systems and methods for particle focusing in microchannels185US 8,186,913 B2The General Hospital Corporation · 2012
- Cell culture apparatus143US 5,416,022 ACellex Biosciences, Inc. · 1995
- Microfluidic mixing and analytic apparatus112US 7,763,453 B2Micronics, Inc. · 2010