There is a long history describing the structure and evolution of science. Recent unprecedented progress in access, use, and analysis of information on scientific publications and patents open innovative ways to study the structure and evolution of science. Especially, a mapping of knowledge has...

This analysis aims at capturing current inventive activities in nanotechnologies based on the analysis of patent applications to the European Patent Office (EPO).<P>Nanotechnologies : Etat des lieux dressé à partir d'une analyse des brevets<BR>L'analyse présentée a pour objet de mettre en évidence...</p>