Trends in nanotechnology patents

Hsinchun Chen; Mihail C. Roco; Xin Li; Yiling Lin

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.51

Trends in nanotechnology patents

Hsinchun Chen, Mihail C. Roco, Xin Li, Yiling Lin

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An analysis of 30 years of data on patent publications from the US Patent and Trademark Office, the European Patent Office and the Japan Patent Office confirms the dominance of companies and selected academic institutions from the US, Europe and Japan in the commercialization of nanotechnology.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	123-125
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature Nanotechnology
Volume	3
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2008.51
State	Published - Mar 2008

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Bioengineering
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Biomedical Engineering
General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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