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IPC Main Group
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

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