its impact on patent law, nanotechnology has to be defined and its peculiarities have to be identified. In this first part …Emerging in the nineteenth century, with a focus on classical engineering and chemistry, patent law has seen many … of the analysis, two important categories of nanotechnology – active and passive nanotechnology – will also be presented …

Universities and companies are rushing to the patent office in record numbers to patent nanotechnology inventions. This … rush to the patent office is so significant that many law firms have established nanotechnology practice groups, and the U ….S. Patent and Trademark Office has now created a new technology class designed to track nanotechnology products. Three big …

Nanotechnology has experienced an accelerated development during the last 20 years. The newness of the topic …, ethical, and legal aspects of nanotechnology, as well as its development, implementation, and use. The economic benefit that … is promised to the owners -- or those controlling the knowledge and inventions around nanotechnology -- has encouraged …