B82 NANOTECHNOLOGY
Description
B82 encompasses inventions and technologies involving the manipulation, control, and application of matter at the nanoscale (typically 1–100 nanometers). This classification covers nanostructures, nanoparticles, nanocomposites, and nanodevices, including their synthesis, characterization, and integration into functional systems across multiple technical fields. Applications include nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, nanomaterials for structural or chemical purposes, and nano-enabled devices in sectors such as medicine, energy, and manufacturing. Excluded are bulk material properties, conventional semiconductor devices without nanoscale features, and macro-scale systems that merely incorporate nano-sized components without exploiting nanoscale phenomena.
Additional Content IPC
"nanosize" or "nanoscale" nanosize nanoscale nanosized controlled geometrical size below 100 nanometres (nm) in one or more dimensions nanostructure nanostructures nanostructured entity having at least one nanosized functional component that makes physical, chemical or biological properties or effects available, which are uniquely attributable to the nanoscale
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 2 subcodes exist in both systems.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
IPC defines codes here since 2000.
Child Classifications
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- B82B NANOSTRUCTURES FORMED BY MANIPULATION OF INDIVIDUAL ATOMS, MOLECULES, OR LIMITED COLLECTIONS OF ATOMS OR MOLECULES AS DISCRETE UNITS; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT THEREOF heading since 2000 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B82Y SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES heading since 2011 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 3,032
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 711
- ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY 703
- SHAANXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 641
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 620
- TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY 546
- JILIN UNIVERSITY 544
- SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 525
- TIANJIN UNIVERSITY 524
- UNIVERSITY OF JINAN 521
Top Applicants (CPC)
2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 3,665
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 2,885
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 2,220
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 1,970
- INTEL CORPORATION US 1,622
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY 791
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 689
- CNRS (CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE) FR 677
- CEA (COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE) FR 648
- LG CHEM KR 625