Patents by Inventor Lorenz Boecking

Lorenz Boecking has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Microfluidic Device for Processing and Aliquoting a Sample Liquid, Method and Controller for Operating a Microfluidic Device, and Microfluidic System for Carrying Out an Analysis of a Sample Liquid
    Publication number: 20260115724
    Abstract: A microfluidic device is for processing and aliquoting a sample liquid. The microfluidic device has a dividing chamber for receiving a starting volume of the sample liquid. The dividing chamber has a plurality of cavities for receiving sub-volumes of the sample liquid, the sub-volumes being usable for analytical reactions. The microfluidic device also has a microfluidic network for using the dividing chamber in a fluid-mechanical manner and at least one pump device for pumping fluids within the device. The at least one pump device and the microfluidic network are configured to pump the sample liquid, as a first phase, and a sealing liquid, as a second phase, through the microfluidic network and into the dividing chamber in order to seal the sub-volumes of the sample liquid in the cavities using the sealing liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Michael Knapp, Franz Laermer, Jochen Hoffmann, Lorenz Boecking, Hannah Bott, Daniel Sebastian Podbiel
  • Microfluidic device for processing and aliquoting a sample liquid, method and controller for operating a microfluidic device, and microfluidic system for carrying out an analysis of a sample liquid
    Patent number: 12544758
    Abstract: A microfluidic device is for processing and aliquoting a sample liquid. The microfluidic device has a dividing chamber for receiving a starting volume of the sample liquid. The dividing chamber has a plurality of cavities for receiving sub-volumes of the sample liquid, the sub-volumes being usable for analytical reactions. The microfluidic device also has a microfluidic network for using the dividing chamber in a fluid-mechanical manner and at least one pump device for pumping fluids within the device. The at least one pump device and the microfluidic network are configured to pump the sample liquid, as a first phase, and a sealing liquid, as a second phase, through the microfluidic network and into the dividing chamber in order to seal the sub-volumes of the sample liquid in the cavities using the sealing liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Knapp, Franz Laermer, Jochen Hoffmann, Lorenz Boecking, Hannah Bott, Daniel Sebastian Podbiel
  • Microfluidic Device for Processing and Aliquoting a Sample Liquid, Method and Controller for Operating a Microfluidic Device, and Microfluidic System for Carrying Out an Analysis of a Sample Liquid
    Publication number: 20220305493
    Abstract: A microfluidic device is for processing and aliquoting a sample liquid. The microfluidic device has a dividing chamber for receiving a starting volume of the sample liquid. The dividing chamber has a plurality of cavities for receiving sub-volumes of the sample liquid, the sub-volumes being usable for analytical reactions. The microfluidic device also has a microfluidic network for using the dividing chamber in a fluid-mechanical manner and at least one pump device for pumping fluids within the device. The at least one pump device and the microfluidic network are configured to pump the sample liquid, as a first phase, and a sealing liquid, as a second phase, through the microfluidic network and into the dividing chamber in order to seal the sub-volumes of the sample liquid in the cavities using the sealing liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Knapp, Franz Laermer, Jochen Hoffmann, Lorenz Boecking, Hannah Bott, Daniel Sebastian Podbiel