About 14 #nanotechnology_patents (USPTO+EPO) per 100 #nano_articles in 2020: USA, Japan, and Taiwan have the highest ratio.
Near to 15 #nanotechnology_patents were registered with USPTO and EPO in 2020, for every 100 WoS indexed #nano_articles. The United States leads the way with a rate of about 52.
The African Union recognizes #nanotechnology as a compelling imperative and identifies nanotechnology as one of six priority areas in its Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for #Africa 2024.
#Egypt is currently the top #nanotechnology research country in Africa, while #South_Africa has filed the most #patents and established the most nanotechnology companies and institutions.
#mRNA technology has been widely used in many #nanotechnology_patents focusing on the #coronavirus (SARS / MERS) treatment approaches.
Around 5.2 percent (478 patents) of all #coronavirus related patents so far registered are in the field of #nanotechnology.
A vast majority of #nanotechnology_patents on #coronaviruses have focused on the #diagnostic methods based on #CRISPR technology.
Nearly 3 percent of total patents in #USPTO and #EPO in 2019 are in the field of #nanotechnology while this share is about 10 percent for nanopublications.
University of California, Tsinghua University, and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals were universities with the most #nanotechnology_patents of 2018 at USPTO.
The University of Alberta's nanoFAB facility will receive an investment of $1 million from the government to help purchase three equipment tool sets (new #high_volume_deposition_tool, #contact_aligners, and #etching_tools) essential to the multistep process of manufacturing many #nanotechnology_products.
China, Japan, South Korea, Iran, and Taiwan are the most active Asian countries in the introduction of #nanotechnology_products into the global markets.
In 2018, the share of #nanotechnology_patents in the total patents filed at USPTO reached 2.8% while the share for #nanotechnology_publications was around 10%.
Over the past decade, some countries have developed their own #nano_marks for the purpose of labeling #nanotechnology_products. Taiwan, Iran, Thailand, Malaysia, and Russia are some cases in point.
Islamic Azad University, King Abdulaziz University and the University of Tehran have the highest number of #nanotechnology_publications among all the universities of #Islamic_countries in 2018.
#IBM has ranked first among all patent holders at the #USPTO having 600 #nanotechnology_patents filed by the end of September 2018.
The development of #nanotechnology_exchange_network and supporting #nanofabrication centers are among the main activities of nanotechnology development program in #Iran.