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StatNano Releases List of Top 10 Countries in Nanotechnology Patents in 2015

StatNano Releases List of Top 10 Countries in Nanotechnology Patents in 2015

2016-02-19

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The statistics published on StatNano database website showed that a sum total of 19,544 nanotechnology patents have been published in US Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO) in 2015

About half of these patents belong to the US while Japan, South Korea and Taiwan possess the next ranks. A sum total of 2,970 nanotechnology patents have been published in European Patent Office (EPO) in 2015.


USPTO and EPO are known as two important patent offices in the world. Statistics obtained from Orbit Database showed that 19,544 nanotechnology patents have been published in USPTO in 2015, among which 8,588 are granted patents and 10,956 are published patent applications.


According to the new definition of StatNano based on ISO/TS 18110, nanotechnology patents should either have at least one claim related to nanotechnology or have a classification code related to nanotechnology such as B82 according to the International Patent Classification (IPC). Based on this definition, a number of 2,970 patents have been published in the field of nanotechnology in EPO in 2015, about 15% of the total number of nanotechnology patents published in USPTO. A number of 1,415 patents are granted while 1,555 are published patent applications.

Table 1 shows top 10 countries in granted nanotechnology patents in USPTO and EPO in 2015. The countries have been ranked according to the number of USPTO granted patents due to the importance of this office.

Table 1: Top 10 Countries in Nanotechnology Granted Patents in USPTO in 2015

Rank

Country

No. Granted Patents in USPTO

No. Granted Patents in EPO

Ratio of USPTO to EPO Patents

Change in 2014 Ranking

Growth in USPTO Patents comparing to 2014 (%)

Growth in EPO Patents comparing to 2014 (%)

1

USA

4365

421

10.37

-

7.70

16.62

2

Japan

902

131

6.89

-

20.59

-7.09

3

South Korea

839

52

16.13

-

41.25

-28.77

4

Taiwan

500

12

41.67

-

-7.92

50.00

5

China

393

28

14.04

-

14.58

100

6

Germany

307

229

1.34

-

5.86

11.17

7

France

242

152

1.59

-

16.91

8.57

8

 Netherlands

156

43

3.63

-

33.33

13.16

9

UK

109

45

2.42

+1

9.00

0

9

Canada

109

14

7.79

-

-3.54

0

10

Singapore

65

2

10.37

+3

51.16

-75.00


The United States possesses the first rank by having a share of 51% of all nanotechnology granted patents in USPTO. Japan and South Korea possess the second and third ranks with a big distance from the United States.


Table 2 lists the number of published nanotechnology patent applications for top 10 countries. The United States, South Korea and Japan possess the three first ranks. The statistics suggest that South Korea will have higher number of granted patents in the field of nanotechnology than Japan in the future.

Table 2: Top 10 Countries in Published Nanotechnology Patent Applications in USPTO in 2015

Rank

Country

No. Published Patents in USPTO

No. Published Patents in EPO

Ratio of USPTO to EPO Patents

Change in 2014 Ranking

Growth in USPTO Patents comparing to 2014 (%)

Growth in EPO Patents comparing to 2014 (%)

1

USA

5321

266

20.00

-

-6.24

2.70

2

South Korea

1253

201

6.23

-

10.11

3.61

3

Japan

873

288

3.03

-

10.65

8.27

4

Taiwan

688

30

22.93

-

-0.43

3.45

5

China

554

95

5.83

-

16.39

13.10

6

Germany

454

190

2.39

-

23.37

18.75

7

France

326

125

2.61

-

27.84

22.55

8

UK

212

33

6.42

-

13.98

13.79

9

Canada

191

11

17.36

-

29.05

22.22

10

 Netherlands

166

30

5.53

+1

52.29

36.36


The number of granted patents and published patent applications in USPTO in the field of nanotechnology in 2015 has a growth of 8.8% in comparison with 2014. The growth of this indicator in 2015 in comparison with 2014 is 7.88% in EPO.