Trends in nanotechnology patents
Abstract
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.
- Publication:
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Nature Nanotechnology
- Pub Date:
- March 2008
- DOI:
- 10.1038/nnano.2008.51
- Bibcode:
- 2008NatNa...3..123C