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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

Introduced: January 2000

Last revised: January 2006

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

Filing statistics

IPC B82B 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass B82B, which recorded 8,476 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 1,702 in 2013 to 222 in 2023 (-87%). The most active applicants in class B82 are CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (3,032 applications), SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (711 applications) and ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY (703 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B82, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 3,032
  2. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 711
  3. ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY 703
  4. SHAANXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 641
  5. IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 620
  6. TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY 546
  7. JILIN UNIVERSITY 544
  8. SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 525
  9. TIANJIN UNIVERSITY 524
  10. UNIVERSITY OF JINAN 521