set out to not only further systematize existing approaches investigating nanotechnology's GPT traits based on patent …Scientific literature postulates that nanotechnology is to be considered as general purpose technology (GPT … nanotechnology's research output to the ones of ICT as accepted GPT and of the combustion engine as a non- GPT, representing an upper …

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 …

We analyze the nanotechnology patent applications filed in China from 1998 to 2008 and find that the extraordinary … nanotechnology development in China has been primarily promoted by the public sector but not driven by industry and market force …. This finding implies that developing countries such as China with public research capacity and commitment to technological …