CPC Main Group Additional Only
C12R 2001/00 Microorganisms
Filing statistics
CPC C12R 2001/00 belongs to the parent subclass C12R, which recorded 65,695 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 2,128 in 2013 to 16,286 in 2023 (+665%). The most active applicants in class C12 are HARVARD UNIVERSITY (8,321 applications), CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (7,486 applications) and UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (7,320 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- C12R 2001/01 Bacteria or Actinomycetales
- C12R 2001/645 Fungi
- C12R 2001/89 Algae
- C12R 2001/90 Protozoa
- C12R 2001/91 Cell lines
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C12, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 8,321
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 7,486
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 7,320
- REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS US 5,003
- INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE) FR 4,292
- UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA US 4,213
- CNRS (CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE) FR 4,113
- JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY 3,961
- ROCHE CH 3,792
- ILLUMINA US 3,692