G01N 2013/0241
Bubble, pendant drop, sessile drop methods
Official title: {bubble, pendant drop, sessile drop methods}
G01N2013/0241 (Bubble, pendant drop, sessile drop methods) appears on 129 US grants and 88 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 129
- Published applications
- 88
- Assignees
- 111
- Inventors
- 350
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 5 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method of measuring contact angle of silicon wafer and method of evaluating surface condition of silicon wafer18 Aug 2026US 12,710,347 B2Sumco Corporation
- Wettability evaluation device and method28 Jul 2026US 12,693,200 B2Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Method of robust surfactant screening for foam applications21 Jul 2026US 12,687,477 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Method for measuring liquid flow property and apparatus for observing droplet14 Apr 2026US 12,601,669 B2Ccteg Coal Mining Research Institute
- Apparatus and methods for foam generation and foam evaluation3 Mar 2026US 12,566,118 B2University of Wyoming
- Apparatus and methods for foam generation and foam evaluation4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153421 A1University of Wyoming
- Method of robust surfactant screening for foam applications26 Mar 2026US 2026/0086011 A1Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Simultaneous viewing of spreading and leveling26 Mar 2026US 2026/0086031 A1Wood Coatings Research Group, Inc.
- Microfluidic constriction device for high throughput in situ measurements of droplet surface tension and particle elasticity15 Jan 2026US 2026/0016387 A1Northeastern University
- Bionic regulation method for number of bounces of droplet on metal surface based on acoustic in-situ monitoring1 Jan 2026US 2026/0002855 A1Jilin University
Most cited
By later US patents
- System for manipulating drops and bubbles using acoustic radiation pressure131US 6,003,388 AThe United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1999
- Method and apparatus for evaporating multi-component liquids56US 7,070,121 B2S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. · 2006
- Sample changing chemical analysis method and apparatus49US 4,108,602 AHanson Research Corporation · 1978
- Methods and devices for determining the contact angle of a drop of liquid placed on a substrate36US 5,115,677 APhotonetics · 1992
- Method and apparatus for evaporating multi-component liquids32US 6,793,149 B2S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. · 2004