F16K 99/0048
Using piezoelectric means
Official title: {using piezoelectric means}
F16K99/0048 (Using piezoelectric means) appears on 197 US grants and 191 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 197
- Published applications
- 191
- Assignees
- 97
- Inventors
- 384
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2002 | 3 | 5 |
| 2003 | 5 | 12 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9 |
| 2005 | 7 | 13 |
| 2006 | 14 | 6 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 9 |
| 2009 | 4 | 1 |
| 2010 | 3 | 7 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 |
| 2013 | 5 | 6 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2 | 7 |
| 2016 | 3 | 7 |
| 2017 | 6 | 18 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10 |
| 2019 | 18 | 16 |
| 2020 | 14 | 10 |
| 2021 | 7 | 8 |
| 2022 | 6 | 5 |
| 2023 | 10 | 6 |
| 2024 | 9 | 6 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7 |
| 2026 | 6 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Normally-open piezoelectric MEMS valve8 Sep 2026US 12,729,781 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- 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 management23 Jun 2026US 12,666,566 B2Microsoft Technology Licesning, LLC
- Systems and methods for microfluidic thermal management24 Sep 2026US 2026/0293048 A1Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- 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
- One-time-open microfluidic valves23 Oct 2025US 2025/0325982 A1Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Microfabricated elastomeric valve and pump systems619US 6,408,878 B1California Institute of Technology · 2002
- Valve arrangement of microstructured components360US 5,029,805 ADragerwerk Aktiengesellschaft · 1991
- Method of making a microfabricated elastomeric valve294US 6,793,753 B2California Institute of Technology · 2004
- Microfluidic devices for introducing and dispensing fluids from microfluidic systems235US 6,951,632 B2Fluidigm Corporation · 2005
- Array-based microenvironment for cell culturing, cell monitoring and drug-target validation188US 6,653,124 B1Cytoplex Biosciences Inc. · 2003