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 …

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