C12M 29/18
External loop
Official title: {External loop; Means for reintroduction of fermented biomass or liquid percolate (loop type reactors for chemical or physical processes B01J19/2435)}
C12M29/18 (External loop) appears on 398 US grants and 619 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C12M- Granted patents
- 398
- Published applications
- 619
- Assignees
- 394
- Inventors
- 1,395
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 3 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 2 | 11 |
| 2005 | 9 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 10 |
| 2008 | 1 | 9 |
| 2009 | 3 | 14 |
| 2010 | 3 | 8 |
| 2011 | 8 | 12 |
| 2012 | 6 | 25 |
| 2013 | 9 | 23 |
| 2014 | 13 | 21 |
| 2015 | 8 | 28 |
| 2016 | 13 | 28 |
| 2017 | 26 | 35 |
| 2018 | 18 | 17 |
| 2019 | 16 | 26 |
| 2020 | 20 | 45 |
| 2021 | 16 | 37 |
| 2022 | 21 | 58 |
| 2023 | 29 | 54 |
| 2024 | 32 | 51 |
| 2025 | 32 | 51 |
| 2026 | 15 | 39 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method of reducing nitrogen oxide concentration in sample, bioreactor, and plug flow reactor29 Sep 2026US 12,747,458 B2Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
- Priming method and biological component treatment system15 Sep 2026US 12,735,668 B2Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Reduced-headspace digester1 Sep 2026US 12,722,994 B2Suez International
- Dual circulation microphysiological system2 Jun 2026US 12,644,083 B2Cn Bio Innovations Limited
- Method for culturing cells2 Jun 2026US 12,644,091 B2ibidi GmbH
- Bioreactor with nozzle mixing1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297488 A1Gea Liquid Technologies Germany GmbH
- Cell Expansion System10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265663 A1Terumo BCT, Inc.
- Methods and systems for promoting plant growth27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250625 A1Tenfold Technologies, LLC
- Anaerobic digester and method of use thereof6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225929 A1Mygug Limited
- Cell culture method, product producing method, and cell culture device6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226386 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Biological production of ethanol from waste gases with Clostridium ljungdahlii159US 6,136,577 ABioengineering Resources, Inc. · 2000
- Methods for increasing the production of ethanol from microbial fermentation151US 7,285,402 B2Emmaus Foundation, Inc. · 2007
- Method and device for monitoring and controlling a process146US 6,874,356 B2ABB AB · 2005
- Biological production of products from waste gases140US 6,340,581 B12002
- Biological production of acetic acid from waste gases with Clostridium ljungdahlii124US 5,807,722 ABioengineering Resources, Inc. · 1998