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IPC Main Group
G01N 13/00

Investigating surface or boundary effects, e.g. wetting power; Investigating diffusion effects; Analysing materials by determining surface, boundary, or diffusion effects

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
PHYSICS
Class:
MEASURING; TESTING
Subclass:
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

Additional Content

Limiting references

Scanning-probe techniques or apparatus

Application references

Investigating or analysing surface structures in atomic ranges using scanning-probe techniques and by measuring secondary emission

Related Keywords

investigating DIFFUSIONinvestigating OSMOSISinvestigating SURFACE(S) tension

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Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G01, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 41,447
  2. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 32,952
  3. ROBERT BOSCH DE 16,470
  4. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 10,052
  5. SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 9,573
  6. ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY 9,529
  7. GUANGDONG POWER GRID CORPORATION 8,615
  8. TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY 7,805
  9. HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES GROUP US 7,796
  10. QUALCOMM US 7,171