F16K 99/0036
Operated by temperature variations
Official title: {operated by temperature variations}
F16K99/0036 (Operated by temperature variations) appears on 233 US grants and 616 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 233
- Published applications
- 616
- Assignees
- 161
- Inventors
- 500
- Latest grant
- 17 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 6 |
| 2002 | 12 | 13 |
| 2003 | 13 | 15 |
| 2004 | 12 | 13 |
| 2005 | 10 | 14 |
| 2006 | 13 | 17 |
| 2007 | 6 | 10 |
| 2008 | 1 | 21 |
| 2009 | 2 | 13 |
| 2010 | 4 | 9 |
| 2011 | 11 | 364 |
| 2012 | 15 | 19 |
| 2013 | 19 | 6 |
| 2014 | 9 | 9 |
| 2015 | 11 | 13 |
| 2016 | 10 | 5 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9 |
| 2018 | 6 | 9 |
| 2019 | 17 | 17 |
| 2020 | 8 | 7 |
| 2021 | 10 | 8 |
| 2022 | 7 | 5 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 |
| 2024 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Microelectronic thermal valve17 Mar 2026US 12,578,035 B2Purdue Research Foundation
- Fluidic component and device of fluidic valve type for sealing off24 Feb 2026US 12,560,258 B2Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
- Centrifugal cassette with molded insertable valves10 Jun 2025US 12,326,200 B2Terumo BCT, Inc.
- Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices6 May 2025US 12,293,950 B2Amkor Technology Japan, Inc.
- Microfluidic valves11 Feb 2025US 12,220,701 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Electronic atomization device30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114507 A1Shenzhen Smoore Technology Limited
- One-time-open microfluidic valves23 Oct 2025US 2025/0325982 A1Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices14 Aug 2025US 2025/0259901 A1Amkor Technology Japan, Inc.
- Motion element27 Mar 2025US 2025/0101964 A1Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
- Target material separation control device using laser diode31 Oct 2024US 2024/0365470 A1Ctcells, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Microscale devices and reactions in microscale devices407US 6,057,149 AUniversity of Michigan · 2000
- Flow control in multi-stream microfluidic devices238US 6,499,499 B2Nanostream, Inc. · 2002
- Methods and systems for fluid control in microfluidic devices236US 6,575,188 B2HandyLab, Inc. · 2003
- Shape memory alloy film actuated microvalve234US 5,325,880 ATiNi Alloy Company · 1994
- Methods and systems for processing microfluidic samples of particle containing fluids214US 7,270,786 B2HandyLab, Inc. · 2007