C12M 43/00
Combinations of bioreactors or fermenters with other apparatus
Official title: {Combinations of bioreactors or fermenters with other apparatus}
C12M43/00 (Combinations of bioreactors or fermenters with other apparatus) appears on 422 US grants and 811 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C12M- Granted patents
- 422
- Published applications
- 811
- Assignees
- 418
- Inventors
- 1,423
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 7 |
| 2005 | 1 | 10 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 4 | 9 |
| 2008 | 0 | 27 |
| 2009 | 6 | 36 |
| 2010 | 14 | 55 |
| 2011 | 9 | 52 |
| 2012 | 17 | 53 |
| 2013 | 36 | 59 |
| 2014 | 30 | 54 |
| 2015 | 25 | 39 |
| 2016 | 17 | 39 |
| 2017 | 28 | 40 |
| 2018 | 21 | 31 |
| 2019 | 33 | 47 |
| 2020 | 35 | 34 |
| 2021 | 27 | 46 |
| 2022 | 16 | 42 |
| 2023 | 18 | 39 |
| 2024 | 21 | 32 |
| 2025 | 23 | 33 |
| 2026 | 11 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- C12M 43/02Bioreactors or fermenters combined with devices for liquid fuel extraction128
- C12M 43/08Bioreactors or fermenters combined with devices or plants for production of electricity84
- C12M 43/04Bioreactors or fermenters combined with combustion devices or plants67
- C12M 43/06Photobioreactors combined with devices or plants for gas production different from a22
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for capturing greenhouse gases utilizing algae28 Jul 2026US 12,691,412 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Process and system for producing pulp, energy, and bioderivatives from plant-based and recycled materials14 Jul 2026US 12,678,759 B2Circ, LLC
- System and method for enhanced ethanol production14 Jul 2026US 12,679,794 B2ICM, Inc.
- Chemical reformer systems and methods9 Jun 2026US 12,649,140 B2
- Process and system for producing pulp, energy, and bioderivatives from plant-based and recycled materials28 Apr 2026US 12,611,644 B2Circ, LLC
- Biotechnological production of acetone1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297634 A1Evonik Operations GmbH
- Process and System for Producing Pulp, Energy, and Bioderivatives from Plant-Based and Recycled Materials10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264040 A1Circ, LLC
- Co2 electrolysis in a three-compartment electrochemical cell comprising a fermentation medium10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265673 A1
- Production system for organic substance, production device for organic substance, and method for producing organic substance20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242707 A1Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
- A system for generating and using nox gases in an algae growth system13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233160 A1Paradigm Fuels Pty Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Bioconversion of waste biomass to useful products285US 5,821,111 ABioengineering Resources, Inc. · 1998
- 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
- 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