IPC Subgroup
C12Q 1/68 involving nucleic acids
Introduced: January 1980
Last revised: January 2018
Full Title
Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganisms; Compositions therefor; Processes of preparing such compositions > involving nucleic acids
Classification Context
- Section:
- CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- Class:
- BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
- Subclass:
- MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEIC ACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES
9 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- C12Q 1/6804 Nucleic acid analysis using immunogens
- C12Q 1/6806 Preparing nucleic acids for analysis, e.g. for polymerase chain reaction [PCR] assay
- C12Q 1/6809 Methods for determination or identification of nucleic acids involving differential detection
- C12Q 1/6811 Selection methods for production or design of target specific oligonucleotides or binding molecules
- C12Q 1/6813 Hybridisation assays
- C12Q 1/6844 Nucleic acid amplification reactions
- C12Q 1/6869 Methods for sequencing
- C12Q 1/6876 Nucleic acid products used in the analysis of nucleic acids, e.g. primers or probes
- C12Q 1/6897 involving reporter genes operably linked to promoters
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C12, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 10,330
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 7,308
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 6,383
- JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY 5,144
- MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY US 4,121
- PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL US 3,630
- REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS US 3,515
- CNRS (CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE) FR 3,499
- INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE) FR 3,371
- CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION KR 3,361