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 …

countries in the field of nanotechnology affect the development of inventive activities by US multinational companies (MNCs). We … identify the most active US-based MNCs in nanotechnology-related patenting and examine location decisions of these companies …, but as the interdisciplinary and convergent nature of nanotechnology evolves, access to a broadly diversified knowledge …

; Patents ; Nanotechnology … countries in the field of nanotechnology affect the development of inventive activities by US multinational companies (MNCs). We … identify the most active US-based MNCs in nanotechnology-related patenting and examine location decisions of these companies …

engineering articles (Thompson Citation Index) and patents (US Patent Office in the United States, European Patent Office in …The field of nanotechnology has seen enormous growth since 2000 and is expected to reach $1 trillion worldwide by 2015 …, analyze and report on the state of the art in nanotechnology research, based on the analysis of databases for science and …