G01N 2035/1046
Levitated, suspended drops
Official title: {Levitated, suspended drops}
G01N2035/1046 (Levitated, suspended drops) appears on 68 US grants and 87 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01N- Granted patents
- 68
- Published applications
- 87
- Assignees
- 36
- Inventors
- 121
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4 | 7 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8 |
| 2015 | 7 | 10 |
| 2016 | 7 | 6 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Automated sample handling instrumentation, systems, processes, and methods4 Aug 2026US 12,699,111 B2Gen-Probe Incorporated
- System and apparatus for fluid sample delivery17 Jun 2025US 12,330,150 B2S.C.R. (Engineers) Limited
- Droplet actuator devices and methods employing magnetic beads31 Dec 2024US 12,181,467 B2Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc.
- Automated sample handing instrumentation, systems, processes, and methods14 Nov 2023US 11,815,522 B2Gen-Probe Incorporated
- Manipulation of beads in droplets and methods for manipulating droplets17 Oct 2023US 11,789,015 B2Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc.
- Droplet actuator devices and methods employing magnetic beads15 May 2025US 2025/0155430 A1Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc.
- Automated sample handling instrumentation, systems, processes, and methods2 May 2024US 2024/0142486 A1Gen-Probe Incorporated
- Automated sample handling instrumentation, systems, processes, and methods29 Jun 2023US 2023/0204616 A1Gen-Probe Incorporated
- Bead incubation and washing on a droplet actuator27 Apr 2023US 2023/0128722 A1Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc.
- A System and Apparatus for Fluid Sample Delivery7 Oct 2021US 2021/0308665 A1LIC Automation Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device for displacement of small liquid volumes along a micro-catenary line by electrostatic forces284US 7,052,244 B2Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique · 2006
- Methods for sampling a liquid flow189US 7,329,545 B2Duke University · 2008
- System for forming emulsions157US 9,089,844 B2Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. · 2015
- Droplet actuation system and method147US 7,816,121 B2Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. · 2010
- 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