Archive for the ‘Intellectual Property’ Category
Sunday, September 13th, 2009
Since the late 1990's HPLabs has arguably been the leading corporate contributor to the development of molecular electronics and have obtained numerous patents on the application of molecular switching elements to novel memory and logic systems. However, in recent years HP has shifted directions from molecular switching elements toward resistive thin film switches called ...
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
Thomas Reuters has released a list of what it calls the hottest areas of R&D in the global intellectual property marketplace. The list includes IP rankings for the biofuels, telecom and bio-related nanotechnology industries which have been experiencing increased growth in the last few years. The report also identifies some of ...
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Sunday, February 1st, 2009
In a recent article from Nature Nanotechnology Intellectual Ventures is profiled as a company building a large patent portfolio in nanotechnology. Due to the large number of universities producing nanotech. patents this may be a good idea by providing a "one stop shopping" for both universities and companies in nanotechnology IP transactions. ...
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Sunday, January 25th, 2009
Basic concepts of a "space elevator" predate the development of rocket-based space travel but have always lacked a practical system or materials to achieve the objective. Recently, as reported in a TimesOnline article, a team of British scientists led by Alan Windle have developed a process for manufacturing carbon nanotube ribbons which ...
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Friday, January 2nd, 2009
TinyTechIP has a listing of the top 10 patents in nanotechnology issued over the last year including some basic patents to the memristor, graphene electrodes, and carbon nanotube filaments for lightbulbs.
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Thursday, December 11th, 2008
An article in the current issue of Nanotechnology Law and Business (available free: here), spun-off from an April post here on nanoREV explores the patent challenges of graphene based inventions. While several companies are now jumping on the graphene bandwagon, especially for its promising uses in electronics, each is hoping to be the ...
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
FYI - A complete article from the next issue of Nanotechnology Law & Business is now available online for free public download.
"Patenting Graphene: Opportunities and Challenges" - Andrew Baluch, Bryan Wilson, John C. Miller
From the abstract:
Graphene is emerging as a promising material for a variety of applications. Indeed, it ...
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Carbon nanotubes and related carbon-based nanostructures/thin films are of particular interest as electron emission materials for flat panel display devices and have been the focal point for some litigation. In this article the litigation between Nano-Proprietary and Canon concerning the licensing of surface emission display technology is reviewed. In a recent decision by the ...
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
NanoDel is a German company involved in the development of nanoparticles for drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier. Researchers from NanoDel have contributed to the scientific investigation of nanoparticles for drug delivery for over a decade and have just recently received a fairly basic patent to the use of polyalkylcyanoacrylate nanoparticles for administering DNA.
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Last week researchers at Hewlett-Packard indicated that their nanoscale crossbar arrays may see commercialization as early as next year in ultra high density non-volatile memory. While the initial research into nanoscale crossbar technology was performed by Stan Williams and Phil Kuekes in the late 1990's, the recent discovery of the "memristor" characterized as ...
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