F15B 13/0803
Modular units
Official title: {Modular units}
F15B13/0803 (Modular units) appears on 947 US grants and 764 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F15B- Granted patents
- 947
- Published applications
- 764
- Assignees
- 443
- Inventors
- 1,733
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 13 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 13 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 17 | 0 |
| 1998 | 22 | 0 |
| 1999 | 30 | 0 |
| 2000 | 26 | 0 |
| 2001 | 33 | 13 |
| 2002 | 33 | 34 |
| 2003 | 26 | 35 |
| 2004 | 28 | 33 |
| 2005 | 30 | 29 |
| 2006 | 21 | 25 |
| 2007 | 21 | 27 |
| 2008 | 21 | 36 |
| 2009 | 11 | 43 |
| 2010 | 18 | 21 |
| 2011 | 24 | 15 |
| 2012 | 24 | 20 |
| 2013 | 26 | 29 |
| 2014 | 15 | 19 |
| 2015 | 19 | 31 |
| 2016 | 25 | 28 |
| 2017 | 24 | 36 |
| 2018 | 34 | 50 |
| 2019 | 37 | 49 |
| 2020 | 45 | 37 |
| 2021 | 28 | 36 |
| 2022 | 36 | 28 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 |
| 2024 | 35 | 23 |
| 2025 | 27 | 24 |
| 2026 | 17 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F15B 13/0807Manifolds614
- F15B 13/0832Modular valves497
- F15B 13/0846Electrical details427
- F15B 13/0878Assembly of modular units319
- F15B 13/0821Attachment or sealing of modular units to each other276
- F15B 13/0871Channels for fluid133
- F15B 13/0828Characterised by sealing means of the modular units101
- F15B 13/0875Channels for electrical components99
Recent patents
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- Intelligent air management module30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217081 A1Beijingwest Industries Co., Ltd.
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- Valve body assembly having valve member9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194137 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Moving microdroplets561US 6,130,098 AThe Regents of the University of Michigan · 2000
- Microscale devices and reactions in microscale devices407US 6,057,149 AUniversity of Michigan · 2000
- Thermal microvalves in a fluid flow method214US 6,048,734 AThe Regents of the University of Michigan · 2000
- Moving microdroplets142US 6,911,183 B1The Regents of the University of Michigan · 2005
- Microscale devices and reactions in microscale devices129US 6,271,021 B1The Regents of the University of Michigan · 2001