Thursday, June 12th, 2008
In Volume 3, Issue 4 of the Nanotechnology Law & Business Journal the carbon nanotube patent landscape was analyzed. The links below provide some updated statistics based on recent U.S. patent data. Some highlights:
- Manufacturing processes involving carbon nanotube fabrication or integration of carbon nanotubes in devices have attracted the largest amount of patent activity ...
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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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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
In this recent news item the Supreme Court has asked the Bush administration to weigh in on whether universities should be immune to patent infringement lawsuits based on the 11th amendment to the Constitution, which gives states immunity with respect to federal lawsuits. This issue is particularly important to state universities such as the ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
In order to complement the previous posting I thought it would be interesting to take a look at some of the patent trends regarding graphene sheet materials. As noted in this recent article of the Nanotechnology Law & Business Journal the terminology associated with carbon nanotubes and related nanostructures can ...
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