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C40B 99/00

Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Introduced: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
Class:
COMBINATORIAL TECHNOLOGY
Subclass:
COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; LIBRARIES, e.g. CHEMICAL LIBRARIES

Filing statistics

IPC C40B 99/00 belongs to the parent subclass C40B, which recorded 14,478 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 1,085 in 2013 to 1,135 in 2023 (+5%), peaking at 1,502 applications in 2018. The most active applicants in class C40 are HARVARD UNIVERSITY (245 applications), UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (195 applications) and ILLUMINA (130 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C40, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 245
  2. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 195
  3. ILLUMINA US 130
  4. STANFORD UNIVERSITY US 130
  5. TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORPORATION US 120
  6. CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL JP 94
  7. MIT (MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY) US 94
  8. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 92
  9. BGI SHENZHEN COMPANY CN 89
  10. 10X GENOMICS US 88