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B82B 3/0085

Full Title

Manufacture or treatment of nanostructures by manipulation of individual atoms or molecules, or limited collections of atoms or molecules as discrete units

Filing statistics

CPC B82B 3/0085 belongs to the parent subclass B82B, which recorded 6,156 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 897 in 2013 to 161 in 2023 (-82%). The most active applicants in class B82 are TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY (3,665 applications), SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (2,885 applications) and CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (2,220 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B82, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 3,665
  2. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 2,885
  3. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 2,220
  4. IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 1,970
  5. INTEL CORPORATION US 1,622
  6. TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY 791
  7. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 689
  8. CNRS (CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE) FR 677
  9. CEA (COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE) FR 648
  10. LG CHEM KR 625