The big five - Patent filings reveal the hottest upcoming areas in nanotechnology commercialization

Author

Bachmann, Steve

Author_Institution

Of Counsel at Lewis and Roca, LLP, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

15-18 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

926

Lastpage

931

Abstract

Companies typically file patent applications to protect their products and their market share. For this reason, patents and published patent applications may provide a good indicator of the commercialization trends in nanotechnology. Based on patent applications published by the U.S. Patent Office over the last five years, the hottest trends in nanotechnology commercialization are in nanoparticles, nanotubes, nanowires, quantum dots, and nanofilms. The most popular patent applications for nanoparticles relate to drug delivery, fluorescent devices, and ultra violet light applications. The most popular patent applications for nanotubes relate to conductivity and catalyst applications.

Keywords

nanoparticles; nanotechnology; nanotubes; nanowires; patents; quantum dots; United States of America; drug delivery; fluorescent devices; nanofilms; nanoparticles; nanotechnology commercialization; nanotubes; nanowires; patent applications; patent protection; patents filing; quantum dots; ultraviolet light applications; Commercialization; Nanomaterials; Nanoparticles; Nanotubes; Nanowires; Patents;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2011 11th IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Portland, OR

ISSN

1944-9399

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1514-3

Electronic_ISBN

1944-9399

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NANO.2011.6144609

Filename

6144609