G01N 15/1484
Microstructural devices
Official title: {microstructural devices}
G01N15/1484 (Microstructural devices) appears on 923 US grants and 1,331 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 923
- Published applications
- 1,331
- Assignees
- 497
- Inventors
- 2,202
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 7 |
| 2003 | 5 | 9 |
| 2004 | 7 | 14 |
| 2005 | 4 | 20 |
| 2006 | 8 | 18 |
| 2007 | 9 | 24 |
| 2008 | 8 | 27 |
| 2009 | 10 | 24 |
| 2010 | 10 | 22 |
| 2011 | 10 | 25 |
| 2012 | 16 | 42 |
| 2013 | 25 | 44 |
| 2014 | 30 | 60 |
| 2015 | 40 | 47 |
| 2016 | 50 | 69 |
| 2017 | 57 | 93 |
| 2018 | 58 | 91 |
| 2019 | 86 | 97 |
| 2020 | 88 | 92 |
| 2021 | 78 | 124 |
| 2022 | 68 | 107 |
| 2023 | 65 | 79 |
| 2024 | 72 | 88 |
| 2025 | 70 | 70 |
| 2026 | 36 | 38 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Microfluidic device for detecting and characterizing at least one analyte, for example a cell, in a sample fluid22 Sep 2026US 12,742,720 B2Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
- Particle sorting kit8 Sep 2026US 12,728,417 B2Sony Group Corporation
- System and method for deforming and analyzing particles8 Sep 2026US 12,730,057 B2The Regents of the University of California
- Systems, apparatuses, and methods to measure deformability of red blood cells in microfluidic channels11 Aug 2026US 12,704,449 B2
- Parallelized probing of a plurality of samples in a self-organized structure11 Aug 2026US 12,704,500 B2Technische Universität München
- Microfluidic apparatus, systems, and methods of preparation and use thereof1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298794 A1Lumacyte, Inc.
- Microchip, sample sorting kit, and microparticle sorting device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287492 A9Sony Group Corporation
- Manipulation of fluids, fluid components and reactions in microfluidic systems10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264083 A1Brandeis University
- Cell sorting and selection using degradable hydrogels3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259129 A1Cellanome, Inc.
- Microwell array and methods of use20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241384 A1The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
Most cited
By later US patents
- Planar arrays of microparticle-bound polynucleotides635US 6,406,848 B1Lynx Therapeutics, Inc. · 2002
- Microfabricated crossflow devices and methods564US 7,294,503 B2California Institute of Technology · 2007
- Massively parallel signature sequencing by ligation of encoded adaptors475US 6,013,445 ALynx Therapeutics, Inc. · 2000
- Device and method for pressure-driven plug transport and reaction451US 7,129,091 B2The University of Chicago · 2006
- Micro-flow system for particle separation and analysis417US 6,432,630 B1Scandinanian Micro Biodevices A/S · 2002