European Patent Office – TechConnect Briefs

Trends in Nanotech patenting for “clean energy” applications

Veefkind V., Absalom R., Michalitsch R., Hutado-Albir J., Kallinger C., European Patent Office, NL

We will show some of the trends in patenting clean energy applications and indicate where nanotechnology presently plays a role in this.

Nanotechnology Patent Mapping

Michalitsch R., Kallinger C., Veefkind V., Verbandt Y., Scheu M., European Patent Office, NL

As a consequence of large public and private investments in new technologies at the nanoscale, over the last years an increase in the filing numbers of European and PCT patent applications related to nanotechnology has [...]