F16K 99/0055
Actuated by fluids
Official title: {actuated by fluids}
F16K99/0055 (Actuated by fluids) appears on 578 US grants and 656 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 578
- Published applications
- 656
- Assignees
- 265
- Inventors
- 982
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2001 | 9 | 11 |
| 2002 | 12 | 35 |
| 2003 | 20 | 24 |
| 2004 | 28 | 23 |
| 2005 | 17 | 31 |
| 2006 | 16 | 32 |
| 2007 | 15 | 32 |
| 2008 | 12 | 37 |
| 2009 | 10 | 29 |
| 2010 | 10 | 30 |
| 2011 | 22 | 38 |
| 2012 | 37 | 28 |
| 2013 | 29 | 36 |
| 2014 | 30 | 34 |
| 2015 | 25 | 25 |
| 2016 | 26 | 30 |
| 2017 | 24 | 23 |
| 2018 | 27 | 20 |
| 2019 | 34 | 25 |
| 2020 | 21 | 29 |
| 2021 | 32 | 23 |
| 2022 | 17 | 16 |
| 2023 | 15 | 14 |
| 2024 | 18 | 16 |
| 2025 | 20 | 9 |
| 2026 | 6 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Drain valve for battery box, battery, electric apparatus, and drainage method11 Aug 2026US 12,706,359 B2Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
- Valve, in particular for a device for administering a liquid medicament, and a corresponding device for administering a liquid medicament30 Jun 2026US 12,667,710 B2
- Agricultural sampling system and related methods2 Jun 2026US 12,644,877 B2Precision Planting LLC
- Multifunctional soft diode for artificial systems2 Jun 2026US 12,645,909 B2Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- Programmable CSF metering shunt26 May 2026US 12,636,471 B2CSFRefresh Incorporated
- Agricultural sampling system and related methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276619 A1Precision Planting LLC
- Control disk for multiport valve with improved sealing characteristics, gas analyzer, simulating method and computer program product9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194495 A1Valmet Automation Oy
- Microfluidic cartridge having a vent channel and method of filling a reaction chamber using same26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084151 A1Canon Virginia, Inc.
- Microfluidic device and microfluidic system5 Feb 2026US 2026/0034543 A1ibidi GmbH
- Low force valves for drug delivery pumps22 Jan 2026US 2026/0022773 A1Insulet Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Microfluidic analyzer module396US 5,932,799 AYSI Incorporated · 1999