G16C COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; CHEMOINFORMATICS; COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE
Introduced: January 2019
Description
G16C encompasses computational and informatics techniques applied to chemistry and materials science, including molecular modeling, quantum chemistry simulations, drug discovery algorithms, and chemical database systems. This subclass covers software tools, databases, and computational methods for predicting molecular properties, simulating chemical reactions, optimizing material structures, and analyzing chemical data at scale. Applications include structure-activity relationship (SAR) analysis, virtual screening, molecular docking, and materials property prediction. The classification excludes general data processing (G16B for biological data) and purely experimental chemical or materials testing.
Additional Content IPC
design software-based creation or planning handling covers retrieval, analysis, visualisation or storage quantum chemistry branch of chemistry, in which quantum mechanics is applied to theoretical studies of chemical systems molecular mechanics branch of chemistry, in which classical mechanics is applied to model molecular systems molecular dynamics computer-based simulation method for studying movements of atoms and molecules in time by applying Newton’s equations of motion and molecular mechanics force fields in silico performed on a computer or via computer simulations; computer-based
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 4 subcodes exist in both systems.
IPC defines codes here since 2019.
Child Classifications
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- G16C 10/00 Computational theoretical chemistry, i.e. ICT specially adapted for theoretical aspects of quantum chemistry, molecular mechanics, molecular dynamics or the like since 2019 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G16C 20/00 Chemoinformatics, i.e. ICT specially adapted for the handling of physicochemical or structural data of chemical particles, elements, compounds or mixtures since 2019 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G16C 60/00 Computational materials science, i.e. ICT specially adapted for investigating the physical or chemical properties of materials or phenomena associated with their design, synthesis, processing, characterisation or utilisation since 2019 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G16C 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass since 2019 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class G16,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 4,707
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 1,767
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 1,458
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,144
- ILLUMINA US 1,097
- SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DE 1,074
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS 1,026
- FUJIFILM JP 990
- PING AN TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 892
- ROCHE CH 864
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class G16,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 7,379
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 2,740
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 2,388
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS 1,849
- SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DE 1,697
- FUJIFILM JP 1,618
- ILLUMINA US 1,335
- ROCHE CH 1,264
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 1,181
- DEXCOM US 1,150