B82B NANOSTRUCTURES FORMED BY MANIPULATION OF INDIVIDUAL ATOMS OR MOLECULES, OR LIMITED COLLECTIONS OF ATOMS OR MOLECULES AS DISCRETE UNITS; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT THEREOF
Introduced: January 2000
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- NANOTECHNOLOGY
- Subclass:
- NANOSTRUCTURES FORMED BY MANIPULATION OF INDIVIDUAL ATOMS OR MOLECULES, OR LIMITED COLLECTIONS OF ATOMS OR MOLECULES AS DISCRETE UNITS; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT THEREOF
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.
Additional Content
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
Related Keywords
2 direct subcodes
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
- 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
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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