F16K 99/0042
Electric operating means therefor
Official title: {Electric operating means therefor}
F16K99/0042 (Electric operating means therefor) appears on 758 US grants and 768 published applications in this corpus.
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 22 | 24 |
| 2025 | 22 | 13 |
| 2026 | 12 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Fluid control device28 Jul 2026US 12,692,954 B2Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Piezoelectric actuator and microfluidic device28 Jul 2026US 12,696,686 B2Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
- Peizoelectric valve assembly14 Jul 2026US 12,680,621 B2Humphrey Products Company
- Systems and methods for microfluidic thermal management24 Sep 2026US 2026/0293048 A1Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Airflow Generating Device with Differential Modulation Driving and Asymmetric Initial Deflection2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185633 A1xMEMS Labs, Inc.
- Gimballed cantilevered actuating beam for micro-valve sealing2 Apr 2026US 2026/0092656 A1
- Miniaturized hydraulic valve, and applications thereof in robot systems5 Feb 2026US 2026/0036220 A1Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation
- Normally-open piezoelectric mems valve30 Oct 2025US 2025/0334204 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
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- Microfluidic devices for the controlled manipulation of small volumes634US 6,524,456 B1UT-Battelle, LLC · 2003
- Microfabricated elastomeric valve and pump systems619US 6,408,878 B1California Institute of Technology · 2002
- Methods and apparatus for analyzing polynucleotide sequences612US 6,818,395 B1California Institute of Technology · 2004
- Methods and apparatus for analyzing polynucleotide sequences567US 6,911,345 B2California Institute of Technology · 2005
- Microscale devices and reactions in microscale devices407US 6,057,149 AUniversity of Michigan · 2000