C12M 27/00
Means for mixing, agitating or circulating fluids in the vessel
Official title: {Means for mixing, agitating or circulating fluids in the vessel (by introduction of gas C12M29/06, C12M29/14, mixing in general or mixers per se B01F; mixing in apparatus for chemical or physical processes B01J)}
C12M27/00 (Means for mixing, agitating or circulating fluids in the vessel) appears on 1,721 US grants and 2,394 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C12M- Granted patents
- 1,721
- Published applications
- 2,394
- Assignees
- 1,344
- Inventors
- 5,135
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 17 | 0 |
| 1977 | 14 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 15 | 0 |
| 1981 | 21 | 0 |
| 1982 | 19 | 0 |
| 1983 | 14 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 16 | 0 |
| 1988 | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 20 | 0 |
| 1991 | 20 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 13 | 0 |
| 1994 | 13 | 0 |
| 1995 | 15 | 0 |
| 1996 | 31 | 0 |
| 1997 | 24 | 0 |
| 1998 | 22 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 6 |
| 2002 | 14 | 18 |
| 2003 | 19 | 22 |
| 2004 | 9 | 31 |
| 2005 | 14 | 22 |
| 2006 | 12 | 36 |
| 2007 | 14 | 30 |
| 2008 | 14 | 47 |
| 2009 | 15 | 56 |
| 2010 | 25 | 80 |
| 2011 | 29 | 75 |
| 2012 | 29 | 83 |
| 2013 | 39 | 74 |
| 2014 | 60 | 83 |
| 2015 | 51 | 110 |
| 2016 | 65 | 116 |
| 2017 | 84 | 154 |
| 2018 | 82 | 126 |
| 2019 | 94 | 133 |
| 2020 | 87 | 151 |
| 2021 | 83 | 149 |
| 2022 | 90 | 160 |
| 2023 | 91 | 163 |
| 2024 | 108 | 171 |
| 2025 | 121 | 154 |
| 2026 | 72 | 144 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cell separation apparatus for bioreactor6 Oct 2026US 12,753,381 B2Alit Biotech (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Methods and systems for growing microbial mass22 Sep 2026US 12,742,147 B2Solar Foods Oyj
- Device for producing metabolites8 Sep 2026US 12,729,356 B2Generen Labs, Inc.
- Microscale bioreactor system for and method of providing cell culture growth conditions in a small-volume vessel8 Sep 2026US 12,729,357 B2Redbud Labs, Inc.
- Bioreactor, end plate for a bioreactor and data communication unit for an end plate8 Sep 2026US 12,729,360 B2Eppendorf AG
- Culture device and culture system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308503 A1Phc Holdings Corporation
- Agitators and Methods for Using and Manufacturing the Same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297487 A1Sartorius Stedim North America Inc.
- Bioreactor with nozzle mixing1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297488 A1Gea Liquid Technologies Germany GmbH
- Automatic culture device and automatic culture system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297496 A1Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Bioprocessing system and method of sealing a drive assembly thereof24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286273 A1Global Life Sciences Solutions Operations UK Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Processor apparatus for use in a system for maintaining and growing biological cells193US 6,096,532 AAastrom Biosciences, Inc. · 2000
- Method for culturing cells using wave-induced agitation175US 6,190,913 B12001
- Cell culture incubator171US 5,882,918 AGenespan Corporation · 1999
- Stirred-tank reactor system167US 7,384,783 B2Baxter Healthcare S. A. · 2008
- Anaerobic digester system158US 6,299,774 B12001