B82Y
Specific uses or applications of nanostructures
Official title: Specific uses or applications of nanostructures; measurement or analysis of nanostructures; manufacture or treatment of nanostructures
B82Y (Specific uses or applications of nanostructures) appears on 64,388 US grants and 76,648 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B82Y- Granted patents
- 64,388
- Published applications
- 76,648
- Assignees
- 13,343
- Inventors
- 105,701
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 32 | 0 |
| 1977 | 38 | 0 |
| 1978 | 44 | 0 |
| 1979 | 27 | 0 |
| 1980 | 34 | 0 |
| 1981 | 47 | 0 |
| 1982 | 49 | 0 |
| 1983 | 49 | 0 |
| 1984 | 58 | 0 |
| 1985 | 92 | 0 |
| 1986 | 110 | 0 |
| 1987 | 137 | 0 |
| 1988 | 201 | 0 |
| 1989 | 256 | 0 |
| 1990 | 254 | 0 |
| 1991 | 356 | 0 |
| 1992 | 383 | 0 |
| 1993 | 418 | 0 |
| 1994 | 524 | 0 |
| 1995 | 556 | 0 |
| 1996 | 642 | 0 |
| 1997 | 694 | 0 |
| 1998 | 963 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1010 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1041 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1294 | 568 |
| 2002 | 1461 | 2309 |
| 2003 | 1861 | 2947 |
| 2004 | 2016 | 3407 |
| 2005 | 1911 | 4019 |
| 2006 | 2363 | 3966 |
| 2007 | 2188 | 3892 |
| 2008 | 2128 | 3960 |
| 2009 | 2346 | 4024 |
| 2010 | 3077 | 4544 |
| 2011 | 3016 | 4098 |
| 2012 | 2889 | 4035 |
| 2013 | 3132 | 4023 |
| 2014 | 3312 | 3275 |
| 2015 | 2901 | 2371 |
| 2016 | 2429 | 1808 |
| 2017 | 2062 | 1780 |
| 2018 | 1556 | 1874 |
| 2019 | 1721 | 2166 |
| 2020 | 1747 | 2424 |
| 2021 | 1713 | 2798 |
| 2022 | 1856 | 2995 |
| 2023 | 1937 | 3158 |
| 2024 | 2104 | 2343 |
| 2025 | 2223 | 2557 |
| 2026 | 1130 | 1307 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- B82Y 10/00Nanotechnology for information processing, storage or transmission24,280
- B82Y 30/00Nanotechnology for materials or surface science21,779
- B82Y 40/00Manufacture or treatment of nanostructures14,830
- B82Y 20/00Nanooptics10,990
- B82Y 5/00Nanobiotechnology or nanomedicine5,861
- B82Y 25/00Nanomagnetism5,346
- B82Y 15/00Nanotechnology for interacting, sensing or actuating3,831
- B82Y 35/00Methods or apparatus for measurement or analysis of nanostructures1,961
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Recent patents
- Methods of preparation of pan TLR antagonistic liposomal-LNP formulations and uses thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,751,920 B2Celestial Therapeutics, Inc.
- Polysaccharide encapsulated oxygen nanobubbles6 Oct 2026US 12,751,927 B2The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
- Catalysts for cargen, methods of preparing, and uses of same6 Oct 2026US 12,752,259 B2Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
- Silica-based nanoparticles for PFAS remediation6 Oct 2026US 12,752,323 B2Regents of the University of Minnesota
- Wavelength conversion member6 Oct 2026US 12,752,518 B2Nichia Corporation
- Method for synthesizing zeolite nanoparticles in a saline phosphate buffer and associated nanoparticles, suspensions, pharmaceutical composition and uses8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306532 A1Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
- Processes and systems for preparing cellular or viral membranes and nanoparticles8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308337 A1Arytha Biosciences, LLC
- Nanoparticle Synthesis on Substrates with Removable Coatings8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308401 A1Northwestern Univesity
- Quantum dot-containing composition, wavelength conversion member, and method for manufacturing quantum dot-containing composition8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308445 A1Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
- Wavelength conversion sheet, backlight, and liquid crystal display device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308447 A1Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods of making thin film transistors comprising zinc-oxide-based semiconductor materials and transistors made thereby3,970US 7,402,506 B2Eastman Kodak Company · 2008
- Large scale photolithographic solid phase synthesis of polypeptides and receptor binding screening thereof1,998US 5,143,854 AAffymax Technologies N.V. · 1992
- High efficiency organic light emitting devices with light directing structures1,629US 5,834,893 AThe Trustees of Princeton University · 1998
- Array of oligonucleotides on a solid substrate1,585US 5,445,934 AAffymax Technologies N.V. · 1995
- Particle-optical projection system1,466US 7,388,217 B2IMS Nanofabrication GmbH · 2008