Undifferentiated human, animal or plant cells, e.g. cell lines; Tissues; Cultivation or maintenance thereof; Culture media therefor; (plant reproduction by tissue culture techniques A01H4/00)

Introduced: January 1980

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Undifferentiated human, animal or plant cells, e.g. cell lines; Tissues; Cultivation or maintenance thereof; Culture media therefor

CPC: Undifferentiated human, animal or plant cells, e.g. cell lines; Tissues; Cultivation or maintenance thereof; Culture media therefor; (plant reproduction by tissue culture techniques A01H4/00)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Undifferentiated human, animal or plant cells, e.g. cell lines; Tissues; Cultivation or maintenance thereof; Culture media therefor

CPC:

Undifferentiated human, animal or plant cells, e.g. cell lines; Tissues; Cultivation or maintenance thereof; Culture media therefor; (plant reproduction by tissue culture techniques A01H4/00)

CPC subdivides this area 2x more granularly than IPC with 10 additional codes.

10 codes are CPC-only extensions, 3 exist only in IPC.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

IPC defines codes here since 1980.

Child Classifications

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C12N 5/0006 CPC only CPC only
C12N 5/0012 CPC only CPC only
C12N 5/0018 +6 CPC CPC only CPC only
C12N 5/0062 CPC only CPC only
C12N 5/0068 +1 CPC CPC only CPC only
C12N 5/0081 +2 CPC CPC only CPC only
C12N 5/02 Propagation of single cells or cells in suspension; Maintenance thereof; Culture media therefor since 1980 IPC only IPC only
C12N 5/04 Plant cells or tissues since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
C12N 5/06 +3 CPC CPC only CPC only
C12N 5/07 Animal cells or tissues since 2010 −1 IPC IPC only IPC only
C12N 5/09 Tumour cells since 2010 −1 IPC IPC only IPC only
C12N 5/10 Cells modified by introduction of foreign genetic material since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
C12N 5/52 +2 CPC CPC only CPC only
C12N 5/54 +2 CPC CPC only CPC only
C12N 5/56 +3 CPC CPC only CPC only

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class C12,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 10,330
HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 7,308
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 6,383
JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY 5,144
MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY US 4,121
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL US 3,630
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS US 3,515
CNRS (CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE) FR 3,499
INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE) FR 3,371
CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION KR 3,361

Top Applicants (CPC)

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