B82B NANOSTRUCTURES FORMED BY MANIPULATION OF INDIVIDUAL ATOMS, MOLECULES, OR LIMITED COLLECTIONS OF ATOMS OR MOLECULES AS DISCRETE UNITS; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT THEREOF
Introduced: January 2000
Description
B82B encompasses techniques for constructing nanostructures through direct manipulation of individual atoms, molecules, or small atomic/molecular clusters as distinct functional units. This includes methods such as scanning tunneling microscopy (STM)-based atom positioning, molecular assembly, and bottom-up nanofabrication approaches that build structures from discrete components. The classification covers manufacturing processes, chemical or physical treatment, and characterization methods specific to atom-by-atom or molecule-by-molecule assembly strategies. It excludes bulk nanomaterial synthesis, self-assembly without external manipulation, and nanostructures formed primarily through conventional chemical or physical processes not involving deliberate positioning of individual entities.
Title
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IPC: NANOSTRUCTURES FORMED BY MANIPULATION OF INDIVIDUAL ATOMS OR MOLECULES, OR LIMITED COLLECTIONS OF ATOMS OR MOLECULES AS DISCRETE UNITS; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT THEREOF
CPC: NANOSTRUCTURES FORMED BY MANIPULATION OF INDIVIDUAL ATOMS, MOLECULES, OR LIMITED COLLECTIONS OF ATOMS OR MOLECULES AS DISCRETE UNITS; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT THEREOF
Full Title
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NANOSTRUCTURES FORMED BY MANIPULATION OF INDIVIDUAL ATOMS OR MOLECULES, OR LIMITED COLLECTIONS OF ATOMS OR MOLECULES AS DISCRETE UNITS; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT THEREOF
NANOSTRUCTURES FORMED BY MANIPULATION OF INDIVIDUAL ATOMS, MOLECULES, OR LIMITED COLLECTIONS OF ATOMS OR MOLECULES AS DISCRETE UNITS; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT THEREOF
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Glossary
manufacture chemical, electrical or mechanical process or apparatus for accomplishing one or more of the following operations on a nano structural assemblage or an essential integral element thereof: assembling, associating, bonding, constructing, creating, cutting, distorting, electric photographing, etching, fabricating, fastening, finishing, joining, juxtaposing, positioning, shaping or working.
Application references
Nanocapsules for medicinal preparations
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 2 subcodes exist in both systems.
IPC defines codes here since 2000.
Child Classifications
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- B82B 1/00 Nanostructures formed by manipulation of individual atoms or molecules, or limited collections of atoms or molecules as discrete units since 2000 +7 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B82B 3/00 Manufacture or treatment of nanostructures by manipulation of individual atoms or molecules, or limited collections of atoms or molecules as discrete units since 2000 +8 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B82,2013–2023, 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)
Class B82,2013–2023, 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