English Garden or Tangled Grounds? Navigating the Nanotechnology Patent Landscape

NANOTECHNOLOGY PATENT LANDSCAPE 2006

NANO ◽

10.1142/s1793292006000148 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 01 (02) ◽

pp. 101-113 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

LINDA L. LEE ◽

CASEY K. CHAN ◽

MICHELLE NGIAM ◽

SEERAM RAMAKRISHNA

Keyword(s):

Patent Protection ◽

Current Knowledge ◽

Emerging Technology ◽

Commercial Sector ◽

Systematic Method ◽

Technological Revolution ◽

News Stories ◽

Patent Landscape ◽

Nanotechnology Patent ◽

Commercial Applications

Touted as the technological revolution of the 21st century, nanotechnology has already been the topic of numerous publications, patents and news stories. While the commercial applications of nanotechnology are still relatively few, they are beginning to attract the attention of the commercial sector. For successful commercialization of this emerging technology, patent protection is imperative. Patents are publicly available documents forming a rich repository of current knowledge. By a systematic method of collecting, organizing and analyzing these publicly available documents, valuable information can be distilled about the activities and opportunities within this emerging field. As this field is rapidly progressing, this paper provides a summary of current patent issues in nanotechnology, an overview of nanotechnology patent analyses and the latest update of the current landscape of nanotechnology patents.

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Nanotechnology Patent and Legal Impediments

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.1656478 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

Vidya Bhaskar Singh Nandiyal

Keyword(s):

Nanotechnology Patent

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Made in China: How Chinese Innovation Is Changing the Patent Landscape

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2469957 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Jay P. Kesan ◽

Alan C. Marco ◽

Richard Miller

Keyword(s):

Patent Landscape ◽

Made In China ◽

Made In

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Exploring the Patent Landscape of RNAi-based Innovation for Plant Breeding

Recent Patents on Biotechnology ◽

10.2174/1872208313666190204121109 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 207-216 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dario Gianfranco Frisio ◽

Vera Ventura

Keyword(s):

Plant Breeding ◽

High Specificity ◽

Ownership Type ◽

Modern Agriculture ◽

Innovative Methods ◽

Patent Landscape ◽

The Us ◽

Innovation Sector ◽

Innovation Capacity ◽

Rnai Technique

Background: RNA interference (RNAi) is an innovative technique for plant improvement based on naturally occurring mechanisms which show great potential because of their high specificity and possibility to be applied through innovative methods of topical application in plants. This specific innovation sector is worth analysing from the economic perspective given the great potentiality of RNAi-based plants and products to support modern agriculture in reaching the goals for the improvement of agri-food chains global sustainability. This paper aims to evaluate the global landscape of RNAi innovation by analysing patent data as indicators of innovation output. Methods: We revised all patents relating to RNAi in plants based on a dataset of roughly seven thousand patent families. The analysis classified inventions according to a set of variables able to characterise the dynamics of innovation (i.e. public/private ownership, type of plants involved, main traits) while the use of concentration indices provided insights into the evolution of this sector. Results: Results revealed that RNAi is a technique with promising future applications, able to provide solutions to a great variety of agricultural issues and principally developed by the US and Chinese applicants, whereas European innovation capacity in this field appears to be limited. Conclusion: The innovation landscape of plant breeding is rapidly evolving and RNAi technique is probably going to play a major role in this field.

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