1. CPC Sections
  2. CPC Section B
  3. CPC Class B82
  4. CPC Subclass B82Y
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CPC
COOPERATIVE PATENT CLASSIFICATION
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B82Y
SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES [2026-01]
NOTES

  • This subclass is for obligatory secondary classification in the sense of paragraph 107bis of the Guide to the IPC. Therefore, the classification symbols of this subclass are not listed first when assigned to patent documents. Secondary classification symbols may be assigned for either invention information or additional information, as appropriate.
  • This subclass covers applications and aspects of nanostructures which are produced by any method, and is not restricted to those that are formed by manipulation of individual atoms or molecules.
  • This subclass is intended to enable a comprehensive search of subject matter related to nanostructures by combination of classification symbols of this subclass with classification symbols from other subclasses. Therefore, this subclass covers aspects of nanostructures that might also be entirely or partially covered elsewhere in the CPC.
B82Y 5/00
Nanobiotechnology or nanomedicine, e.g. protein engineering or drug delivery [2017-08]
B82Y 10/00
Nanotechnology for information processing, storage or transmission, e.g. quantum computing or single electron logic [2017-08]
B82Y 15/00
Nanotechnology for interacting, sensing or actuating, e.g. quantum dots as markers in protein assays or molecular motors [2017-08]
B82Y 20/00
Nanooptics, e.g. quantum optics or photonic crystals [2017-08]
B82Y 25/00
Nanomagnetism, e.g. magnetoimpedance, anisotropic magnetoresistance, giant magnetoresistance or tunneling magnetoresistance [2017-08]
B82Y 30/00
Nanotechnology for materials or surface science, e.g. nanocomposites [2017-08]
B82Y 35/00
Methods or apparatus for measurement or analysis of nanostructures [2017-08]
B82Y 40/00
Manufacture or treatment of nanostructures [2017-08]
B82Y 99/00
Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass [2013-01]