Y10T 137/218
Means to regulate or vary operation of device
Y10T137/218 (Means to regulate or vary operation of device) appears on 645 US grants and 837 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y10T- Granted patents
- 645
- Published applications
- 837
- Assignees
- 376
- Inventors
- 1,147
- Latest grant
- 31 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 12 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 16 | 4 |
| 2002 | 20 | 26 |
| 2003 | 22 | 29 |
| 2004 | 23 | 27 |
| 2005 | 20 | 33 |
| 2006 | 29 | 31 |
| 2007 | 19 | 26 |
| 2008 | 12 | 44 |
| 2009 | 14 | 52 |
| 2010 | 32 | 48 |
| 2011 | 35 | 382 |
| 2012 | 49 | 37 |
| 2013 | 57 | 22 |
| 2014 | 23 | 27 |
| 2015 | 23 | 14 |
| 2016 | 20 | 9 |
| 2017 | 14 | 6 |
| 2018 | 8 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Manipulation of fluids, fluid components and reactions in microfluidic systems31 Mar 2026US 12,590,508 B2Brandeis University
- System and method for acoustic focusing hardware and implementations22 Jul 2025US 12,366,515 B2Life Technologies Corporation
- Manipulation of microfluidic droplets8 Jul 2025US 12,352,673 B2Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
- Air ventilation apparatus for vehicle using Coanda effect30 Jan 2024US 11,884,139 B2Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
- Manipulation of fluids, fluid components and reactions in microfluidic systems4 Apr 2023US 11,618,024 B2Brandeis University
- Manipulation of fluids, fluid components and reactions in microfluidic systems10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264083 A1Brandeis University
- Manipulation of microfluidic droplets27 Nov 2025US 2025/0362211 A1Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
- Motion element27 Mar 2025US 2025/0101964 A1Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
- Methods for noise reduction at smart gas field stations, internet of things systems, and storage media thereof20 Jun 2024US 2024/0201641 A1Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co., Ltd.
- Tunable, Pulsatile, and 3-Dimensional Fluidic Oscillator12 Oct 2023US 2023/0323903 A1Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multi-layer microfluidic devices394US 6,167,910 ACaliper Technologies Corp. · 2001
- Integrated active flux microfluidic devices and methods385US 6,767,706 B2California Institute of Technology · 2004
- Multi-reservoir pressure control system330US 6,915,679 B2Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. · 2005
- Multi-layer microfluidic devices294US 6,321,791 B1Caliper Technologies Corp. · 2001
- Microfluidic systems including three-dimensionally arrayed channel networks253US 6,645,432 B1President and Fellows of Harvard College · 2003