C12M 29/16
Hollow fibers
Official title: {Hollow fibers (hollow fiber modules in general B01D63/02)}
C12M29/16 (Hollow fibers) appears on 230 US grants and 279 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C12M- Granted patents
- 230
- Published applications
- 279
- Assignees
- 170
- Inventors
- 550
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 8 |
| 2006 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 7 |
| 2009 | 3 | 13 |
| 2010 | 0 | 6 |
| 2011 | 7 | 8 |
| 2012 | 10 | 16 |
| 2013 | 3 | 6 |
| 2014 | 8 | 7 |
| 2015 | 4 | 8 |
| 2016 | 6 | 7 |
| 2017 | 7 | 15 |
| 2018 | 3 | 11 |
| 2019 | 7 | 14 |
| 2020 | 12 | 17 |
| 2021 | 9 | 14 |
| 2022 | 11 | 22 |
| 2023 | 22 | 27 |
| 2024 | 11 | 17 |
| 2025 | 12 | 24 |
| 2026 | 9 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Priming method and biological component treatment system15 Sep 2026US 12,735,668 B2Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Culture device1 Sep 2026US 12,723,229 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Closed photobioreactors for microorganism cultivation28 Jul 2026US 12,692,466 B2Brevel Ltd.
- Methods of feedstock conversion using a biofilm bioreactor21 Jul 2026US 12,686,842 B2The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Cultured tissue and bioreactor systems and methods for production thereof14 Jul 2026US 12,677,852 B2Trustees of Tufts College
- Bioprocessing system and method and components thereof24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286274 A1Pall Life Sciences Belgium
- Cell Expansion System10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265663 A1Terumo BCT, Inc.
- Fixed bed cell culture reactor vessel for substrate alignment and sampling3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258339 A1Corning Incorporated
- Cell culture bioreactor with zone control23 Jul 2026US 2026/0209668 A1ABEC, Inc.
- Method and system for membrane carbonation9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193584 A1Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Frameless array of hollow fiber membranes and method of maintaining clean fiber surfaces while filtering a substrate to withdraw a permeate193US 5,248,424 AZenon Environmental Inc. · 1993
- Bioreactor apparatus123US 4,889,812 AC. D. Medical, Inc. · 1989
- Micro hollow fiber bioreactor116US 6,001,585 ACellex Biosciences, Inc. · 1999
- Cell culture apparatus114US 5,079,168 AEndotronics, Inc. · 1992
- Method for the in vitro propagation and maintenance of cells111US 3,997,396 AMonsanto Company · 1976