Nanotechnology Patent and Legal Impediments

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vidya Bhaskar Singh Nandiyal
Keyword(s):  
Nanotechnology Patent

NANOTECHNOLOGY PATENT LANDSCAPE 2006

NANO ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 01 (02) ◽  
pp. 101-113 ◽  
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.

Current intellectual property issues in nanotechnology

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry K. Tullis
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Federal Regulations ◽  
Research Centers ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Reasonable Time ◽  
Blocking Patents ◽  
Patent Thicket ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Nanotechnology Patent ◽  
The Government

AbstractTo the extent that the USPTO issues a proliferation of broad and potentially overlapping nanotechnology patents, the development of a nanotechnology patent thicket could impede the licensing process required for further innovation. If the contractor refuses the federal agency’s request, the agency can grant a license to the applicant itself if “the contractor or assignee has not taken, or is not expected to take within a reasonable time, effective steps to achieve practical application of the subject invention in such field of use” or if “action is necessary to meet requirements for public use specified by Federal regulations and such requirements are not reasonably satisfied by the contractor, assignee, or licensees.” Theoretically, the march-in right demonstrates the power of the government to prevent the nonuse of patents in the context of patent hoarding or blocking patents used to stifle competition. These university-based nanotechnology research centers are in a prime position to secure bids for significant shares of the new funding from the Nanotechnology Act; ultimately, they should have an augmented government license defense in order to carry out incremental and innovative research effectively without becoming unduly encumbered by a nanotechnology patent thicket.

scholarly journals Trends in worldwide nanotechnology patent applications: 1991 to 2008

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 687-706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Dang ◽  
Yulei Zhang ◽  
Li Fan ◽  
Hsinchun Chen ◽  
Mihail C. Roco
Keyword(s):  
Patent Applications ◽  
Nanotechnology Patent
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