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C40B 60/00

Apparatus specially adapted for use in combinatorial chemistry or with libraries

Introduced: January 2006

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 7 subcodes exist in both systems.

IPC defines codes here since 2006.

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  • C40B 60/02 Integrated apparatus specially adapted for creating libraries, screening libraries and for identifying library members since 2006 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • C40B 60/04 Integrated apparatus specially adapted for both screening libraries and identifying library members since 2006 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • C40B 60/06 Integrated apparatus specially adapted for both creating libraries and identifying library members since 2006 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • C40B 60/08 Integrated apparatus specially adapted for both creating and screening libraries since 2006 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • C40B 60/10 for identifying library members since 2006 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • C40B 60/12 for screening libraries since 2006 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • C40B 60/14 for creating libraries since 2006 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class C40,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 245
  2. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 195
  3. ILLUMINA US 130
  4. STANFORD UNIVERSITY US 130
  5. TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORPORATION US 120
  6. CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL JP 94
  7. MIT (MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY) US 94
  8. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 92
  9. BGI SHENZHEN COMPANY CN 89
  10. 10X GENOMICS US 88

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class C40,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. ILLUMINA US 322
  2. HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 254
  3. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 205
  4. TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORPORATION US 187
  5. ILLUMINA CAMBRIDGE GB 173
  6. CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL JP 144
  7. STANFORD UNIVERSITY US 133
  8. CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION KR 102
  9. MGI TECH COMPANY CN 95
  10. 10X GENOMICS US 94