B82B 1/00
Nanostructures formed by manipulation of individual atoms or molecules, or limited collections
Official title: Nanostructures formed by manipulation of individual atoms or molecules, or limited collections of atoms or molecules as discrete units
B82B1/00 (Nanostructures formed by manipulation of individual atoms or molecules, or limited collections) appears on 315 US grants and 369 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B82B- Granted patents
- 315
- Published applications
- 369
- Assignees
- 212
- Inventors
- 737
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2 |
| 2002 | 11 | 35 |
| 2003 | 19 | 29 |
| 2004 | 23 | 19 |
| 2005 | 14 | 7 |
| 2006 | 7 | 4 |
| 2007 | 11 | 2 |
| 2008 | 5 | 8 |
| 2009 | 2 | 9 |
| 2010 | 8 | 13 |
| 2011 | 8 | 10 |
| 2012 | 5 | 11 |
| 2013 | 10 | 17 |
| 2014 | 11 | 20 |
| 2015 | 14 | 15 |
| 2016 | 16 | 19 |
| 2017 | 18 | 30 |
| 2018 | 12 | 22 |
| 2019 | 19 | 26 |
| 2020 | 20 | 14 |
| 2021 | 19 | 15 |
| 2022 | 16 | 13 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 |
| 2025 | 11 | 6 |
| 2026 | 6 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B82B 1/005Constitution or structural means for improving the physical properties of a device37
- B82B 1/001Devices without movable or flexible elements30
- B82B 1/008Nanostructures not provided for in groups b82b1/001 - b82b1/00725
- B82B 1/002Devices comprising flexible or deformable elements16
- B82B 1/003Devices comprising elements which are movable in relation to each other10
- B82B 1/006Controlling the movement of the flexible or movable4
- B82B 1/007Processes for preserving or protecting existing structures3
Recent patents
- Functionalized enzyme-powered nanomotors26 May 2026US 12,636,352 B2Fundació Institut De Bioenginyeria De Catalunya
- Nanopore sensor devices12 May 2026US 12,625,130 B2Illumina, Inc.
- Magnetic plasmonic particles and structure comprising same21 Apr 2026US 12,605,761 B2The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National University (IAC)
- Polypeptide nanopores synthetically functionalized with positively charged species, and methods of making and using the same17 Mar 2026US 12,578,321 B2Illumina, Inc.
- Operation method of a heat engine device using a single ion24 Feb 2026US 12,560,153 B2Postech Research and Business Development Foundation
- Method for manufacturing three-dimensional nanostructures having a large aspect ratio3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257910 A1
- Partition member for total heat exchange element, total heat exchange element using same, and method for producing partition member for total heat exchange element27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251410 A1Oji Holdings Corporation
- Optical device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251818 A1Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Quantum dot and method for producing the same21 May 2026US 2026/0139186 A1Toppan Inc.
- Articles including nanostructured surfaces and enclosed voids, methods of making same, and optical elements5 Mar 2026US 2026/0068515 A13M Innovative Properties Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Nanoparticles having oligonucleotides attached thereto and uses therefor376US 6,361,944 B1Nanosphere, Inc. · 2002
- Nanostructured fillers and carriers316US 6,228,904 B1Nanomaterials Research Corporation · 2001
- Carbon nanotube devices268US 6,528,020 B1The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · 2003
- Materials and products using nanostructured non-stoichiometric substances226US 6,344,271 B12002
- Nanotechnology for biomedical products224US 6,572,672 B2NanoProducts Corporation · 2003