Keep up to date on nanotechnology patents
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Derwent Information product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Apr 15, 2002
Patent information provider Derwent Information has a new service aimed at meeting the growing information needs of the nanotechnology industry.
Patent information provider Derwent Information has a new service aimed at meeting the growing information needs of the nanotechnology industry.
Entitled "Nanotechnology - structures and devices", the Industry and Technology Patents Profile (ITP) provides comprehensive information about global patents specific to the nanotechnology field.
Each patent is summarised in a clearly written abstract, highlighting the novelty, advantages and uses of the new invention.
Subscribers to this service will receive regular updates in PDF format, delivered direct to their desktops by email, CD-ROM or FTP.
The profile is available worldwide from today.
Vincent Cassidy, Derwent Engineering and Technology Director, commented: "This new service will meet strong customer demand for information about advances in nanotechnology, fuelled by a dramatic rise in the number of nanotechnology patents filed in the past few years.
By studying our value-added, industry-specific patent information, with hotlinks straight to abstracts of competitors' patents, companies will be able to see at-a-glance what their competitors are patenting and view the state-of-the art in their field.
This will help them keep their R and D efforts consistently on track for success", he added.
The volume of nanotechnology patents filed worldwide has grown dramatically over the past few years.
In 1998, Derwent's World Patents Index, the world's most comprehensive database of patent records, contained fewer than 600 nanotechnology patents.
By 2000 that number had more than doubled, to over 1200 nanotechnology related patents.
A nanometre is a billionth of a metre; that's 1/80,000th the diameter of a human hair, or 10 times the diameter of a hydrogen atom.
The nanotechnology ITP covers developments in and around the nanometre and molecular level, especially where individual molecules are being controlled.
This includes fullerenes, carbon and non-carbon nanotubes, nanopowders and nanofilm coatings as well as devices such as wiggle motors, sensors and transistors using nanomaterials, quantum dots, quantum computers and DNA computers.
Nanofilters and filtration, nanoporous materials, and microfluidics are also included.
Derwent produces an extensive range of ITPs, each providing a clear picture of innovation in a specific field.
Industries covered include aerospace, communications, computing and control, electric power, mechanical and civil engineering, semiconductors and technology.
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