Archive for the ‘Patents’ Category
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
There are two basic ways to integrate carbon nanotubes into an electronic device- 1) depositing pre-manufactured carbon nanotubes as part of a solution or coating or 2) directly growing the carbon nanotubes on the device. In either case one critical factor for many applications such as field emission displays, sensors, and transistors is the alignment and ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
The latest issue of Nanotechnology Law & Business includes articles discussing the rise of printable electronics used to cheaply fabricate new generations of electronics on a wider variety of substrates. One example of an application where printable electronics is being applied is RFID tags. Boeing is currently implementing RFID to ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Engadget is one of my favorite blogs. The reason is because they cover topics I am a sucker for, the very topics that made me such a popular guy in high school.....such as field-emittters!
Today, they report that researchers at the University of Illionois Urbana Champaign are able to grow ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Last week I noted that the University of California was the third leading patent holder for U.S. nanotech patents. I thought it would be interesting to take a closer look at some of the data regarding the University of California's nanotech activity.
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
In Vol. 3 Issue 4 of the Nanotechnology Law and Business Journal, John Miller and Drew Harris identify key patents while exploring the carbon nanotube patent landscape. The article is interesting, as the authors describe not only some of the CNT patents related to compositions of matter and processes, ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Futurists and science fiction authors often use nanotechnology and artificial intelligence in their predictions of the future. While the realities of nanomaterials science and A.I. may not currently be able to provide the "nanobots" or autonomous robots projected by science fiction, at least some forms of A.I. has impacted various ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
While much of the original research and development of carbon nanotube technology originated from the U.S. at IBM and Rice University and in Japan at NEC, China has recently become an important player in developing CNT manufacturing techniques and device applications. This article in the Nanotechnology Law & Business journal ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
In the latest issue of the Nanotechnology Law & Business journal Stefan Preisler and Gerd Lange describe the rising popularity of printable electronics manufactured using inkjet printing, roll-to-roll coating, and other printing techniques. Such printable electronics open the door to entirely new product applications and cheap fabrication of flexible electronics ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
Trouble is brewing and the carbon wars have begun. It's "sheets" versus "tubes", 2-D vs 3-D, graphene versus nanotubes. Man your battlestations, toss in your bets, and start your research!
Because of some recent news regarding graphene, in this post I will attempt to highlight some of the patentability ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
The USPTO is holding their annual nanotechnology customer partnership meeting April 22 in Alexandria, Va. The meetings usually include information on recent trends in nanotechnology patent filings and one or more presentations by innovators in nanomaterials research or applications. More information can be found on the USPTO's website.
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