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Indicator : Ratio of nanotechnology patents to nano-articles (Patents per 100 articles)
Description : Ratio of nanotechnology patents granted or published in USPTO and EPO per 100 ISI nano-articles published in the same year.
Source : Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)
CHART TYPE Disabled in table mode
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Ratio of nanotechnology patents to nano-articles (Patents per 100 articles)

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
1 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 0.00 40.00 275.00 166.67 175.00 60.00 325.00 166.67 325.00 75.00 233.33 275.00 75.00 250.00 150.00 20.00 220.00 0.00 300.00 200.00 157.14 233.33
2 USA USA 23.93 41.06 48.40 48.41 43.55 44.43 41.88 42.36 41.29 45.78 42.53 42.91 43.37 48.10 44.76 44.54 45.09 43.58 45.74 46.02 48.09 49.01 55.23 56.11
3 Taiwan Taiwan 7.01 14.93 12.61 16.67 20.15 23.04 26.33 22.77 29.62 31.80 29.42 37.13 33.82 38.12 39.31 36.66 34.21 33.42 36.94 32.64 31.45 38.29 43.97 46.39
4 Luxembourg Luxembourg 100.00 0.00 0.00 266.67 71.43 100.00 120.00 33.33 56.25 18.75 26.19 29.63 28.36 36.54 45.28 34.12 61.54 53.76 45.54 42.11 40.46 45.24 31.97 39.84
5 South Korea South Korea 5.54 10.28 9.84 13.36 19.88 18.07 21.44 19.22 19.36 25.23 22.34 21.71 22.92 25.40 27.09 29.34 30.27 24.98 25.50 25.66 24.34 24.72 28.99 32.84
6 Japan Japan 11.02 14.57 16.27 17.21 18.00 18.95 18.57 18.31 22.14 27.30 23.84 28.25 26.53 29.36 30.98 28.26 26.77 27.69 28.16 26.29 26.46 29.14 30.27 31.70
7 Switzerland Switzerland 6.49 10.98 14.81 13.55 15.98 13.73 17.43 18.08 16.36 18.08 15.19 13.83 14.80 21.26 16.19 16.79 18.99 19.47 18.78 17.77 20.29 20.71 21.13 26.05
8 Finland Finland 3.82 5.39 4.96 10.14 8.03 6.96 7.71 6.37 9.62 9.48 7.28 11.54 13.04 13.50 11.38 19.43 19.82 15.56 16.95 17.24 16.35 15.80 16.12 19.51
9 Netherlands Netherlands 4.56 7.69 11.83 12.78 16.42 16.86 17.48 24.43 22.82 27.87 23.15 23.40 19.34 22.18 24.52 17.56 18.91 18.70 17.78 18.46 19.01 16.08 17.75 17.53
10 Germany Germany 6.21 10.84 14.78 16.32 13.86 15.72 13.82 14.23 14.93 17.24 15.69 14.88 14.26 15.71 14.67 13.57 15.06 14.13 14.45 12.82 12.23 13.03 13.70 15.11
11 Ireland Ireland 8.33 8.82 19.05 8.74 14.36 13.43 9.49 17.28 14.43 10.33 9.18 9.40 6.97 11.96 10.31 7.89 8.49 8.24 9.38 12.25 14.16 13.50 14.86 15.01
12 France France 10.20 11.00 13.60 13.72 10.72 10.91 10.85 10.77 11.03 13.38 14.09 11.47 13.40 16.11 15.26 13.72 14.41 16.44 14.53 13.15 12.91 14.37 14.94 14.48
13 Belgium Belgium 4.96 8.52 11.90 12.90 13.78 11.62 10.54 10.49 14.46 13.91 14.20 14.50 11.99 13.51 12.68 10.32 13.23 15.77 14.32 11.27 15.05 11.96 15.96 13.63
14 Canada Canada 9.27 13.61 16.27 14.70 11.17 13.20 7.54 10.36 9.05 10.85 11.77 9.82 9.41 10.32 10.22 10.20 9.53 9.65 10.52 10.17 10.70 10.12 11.31 12.83
World World 10.84 17.37 20.22 20.35 18.85 19.28 17.89 17.18 17.16 19.40 17.18 16.95 16.19 17.18 16.20 15.69 15.26 14.31 13.56 13.13 12.60 11.50 12.43 12.72
15 UK UK 3.08 6.21 5.89 8.77 7.17 6.68 5.55 5.20 6.47 8.46 9.07 8.06 7.97 9.36 8.45 7.95 8.72 8.46 9.11 8.62 8.39 8.46 9.40 10.08
16 Austria Austria 4.00 7.14 3.62 7.89 5.63 9.03 10.07 7.37 8.05 8.70 6.80 8.85 7.80 9.08 7.90 6.65 6.79 8.64 11.85 13.19 12.01 7.12 9.26 9.10
17 Panama Panama 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 50.00 0.00 100.00 50.00 100.00 0.00 83.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 11.11 0.00 5.00 9.09
18 Sweden Sweden 4.52 6.07 7.86 7.07 8.03 8.50 6.21 7.89 9.88 10.26 9.34 10.03 9.51 11.77 9.58 7.93 8.21 7.34 7.56 6.50 7.08 8.00 7.70 8.26
19 Denmark Denmark 1.96 8.74 6.53 9.05 10.26 6.59 9.59 11.61 11.31 9.11 8.52 8.08 9.10 6.04 7.33 6.93 5.83 7.19 7.87 6.39 6.22 7.35 7.38 7.62
20 Norway Norway 2.56 5.13 14.55 2.53 7.55 5.83 8.86 7.23 5.58 9.23 8.50 10.51 7.19 7.38 7.49 10.56 6.14 8.67 9.36 9.08 5.57 6.89 6.30 7.06
21 Singapore Singapore 1.30 5.76 6.92 3.17 4.61 5.46 5.54 5.46 5.39 5.78 6.26 5.34 7.31 5.70 7.45 7.55 6.85 7.57 8.29 6.52 6.19 6.57 6.11 6.77
22 New Zealand New Zealand 3.64 5.66 6.82 5.97 7.32 5.26 4.50 5.71 3.55 3.39 3.72 4.93 4.17 4.42 5.22 5.00 6.02 2.99 3.23 5.96 2.35 4.50 2.76 6.42
23 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 0.00 16.67 28.57 6.25 0.00 21.05 9.68 2.38 3.01 3.82 4.35 5.86 6.22 5.45 5.42 4.96 9.20 10.42 10.00 7.18 6.34 4.81 5.57 5.80
24 Lithuania Lithuania 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.64 1.14 0.00 0.00 1.03 1.05 0.75 2.92 0.72 5.42 3.43 4.02 5.38 2.69 0.90 1.92 2.85 2.21 3.41 5.02
25 Italy Italy 3.15 3.56 3.84 4.98 4.76 5.22 4.78 5.39 4.46 5.89 5.56 4.77 4.54 4.96 4.51 4.16 4.47 4.61 4.82 4.94 4.12 3.90 4.61 4.85
26 Qatar Qatar 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 1.43 0.93 1.30 3.57 3.00 2.14 3.39 3.92 4.39 4.58
27 Cuba Cuba 0.00 0.00 4.76 0.00 4.65 0.00 0.00 9.52 9.76 4.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 4.35 6.00 3.57 0.00 0.00 7.58 5.26 1.96 13.21 4.17
28 Spain Spain 0.60 2.09 1.95 1.36 2.42 2.36 2.84 2.28 2.26 2.83 2.95 3.45 3.66 3.82 3.14 3.64 3.61 4.15 3.51 3.82 3.64 3.75 4.09
29 Estonia Estonia 0.00 4.35 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.44 2.44 0.00 4.69 2.82 2.86 7.00 3.28 2.26 3.68 4.11 5.44 0.68 0.66 5.21 4.37 4.59 3.76
30 Australia Australia 3.46 3.78 5.29 12.48 5.95 8.23 6.10 5.15 5.12 5.94 4.88 2.80 2.74 2.48 2.31 2.54 2.77 2.74 2.62 2.57 2.79 2.66 3.32 3.66
31 UAE UAE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.35 3.23 6.06 4.07 4.00 2.58 1.77 2.41 2.60 2.45 3.18 2.66 3.16 3.56
32 Slovenia Slovenia 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.74 1.15 0.00 1.39 1.27 1.09 0.50 3.45 2.69 1.71 5.17 4.08 1.59 4.81 4.23 1.59 3.66 2.22 3.91 2.89 3.34
33 China China 0.15 0.44 0.70 1.06 0.89 1.31 1.04 1.25 1.90 2.13 2.06 2.48 2.65 2.26 2.26 2.26 2.43 2.47 2.37 2.61 2.91 2.62 2.84 3.08
34 Colombia Colombia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.22 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.68 1.46 2.38 3.00 3.61 2.17 1.86 1.96 1.35 1.83 1.74 1.69 2.92
35 Greece Greece 0.00 0.64 0.00 0.00 1.10 1.25 0.00 0.61 1.61 0.99 2.07 1.39 2.36 1.13 0.76 1.00 1.01 0.54 1.01 1.02 2.02 2.55 1.84 2.77
36 Chile Chile 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.13 0.95 1.65 1.32 1.89 0.92 1.69 4.15 3.75 1.87 1.99 2.36 3.44 2.40 3.34 3.58 2.91 2.51
37 Costa rica Costa rica 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 33.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 18.18 20.00 10.53 0.00 18.18 8.11 11.43 3.92 2.70 2.27
38 Czech Republic Czech Republic 0.72 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.06 0.29 0.82 2.49 1.63 3.04 1.77 2.26 1.89 3.51 2.10 2.23 1.67 2.42 1.86 1.41 2.11 1.16 2.31 2.09
39 Poland Poland 0.00 0.18 0.00 0.90 0.48 0.53 0.40 0.18 0.79 0.33 0.62 1.31 0.89 1.09 2.03 2.17 2.12 1.62 1.63 1.30 1.36 1.43 1.52 2.05
40 Portugal Portugal 0.00 0.81 0.00 1.06 1.07 0.30 0.00 1.38 1.12 1.78 2.65 1.78 1.77 1.19 1.36 2.16 1.45 1.71 1.81 1.60 2.06 1.98 2.26 1.72
41 Uruguay Uruguay 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 14.29 0.00 0.00 3.03 6.45 6.06 0.00 0.00 2.78 1.72 0.00 1.49 0.00 0.00 5.26 0.00 1.49
42 Georgia Georgia 33.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 0.00 5.88 0.00 7.69 0.00 0.00 4.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.37
43 Bulgaria Bulgaria 0.00 1.28 0.00 0.00 1.75 0.87 0.53 0.56 0.49 0.00 0.47 0.53 0.44 0.00 0.47 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.42 0.00 1.09 0.68 1.28 1.34
44 Brazil Brazil 0.00 0.40 0.67 1.30 0.97 0.82 0.95 1.75 2.10 1.27 1.76 1.43 1.60 1.97 1.68 1.19 1.39 1.33 1.34 0.84 1.06 1.01 1.43 1.28
45 Turkey Turkey 0.00 1.10 0.75 0.00 0.00 2.49 1.56 1.98 0.53 0.68 0.81 1.46 1.44 0.91 1.29 2.19 1.55 2.32 1.24 1.38 0.99 0.82 1.22 1.09
46 South Africa South Africa 11.54 16.00 15.38 7.02 8.14 6.80 2.59 3.82 1.01 5.60 4.84 3.15 4.13 3.42 2.35 1.82 1.73 1.54 1.02 1.29 1.11 0.57 0.87 1.01
47 Argentina Argentina 1.09 0.00 0.94 0.00 0.67 0.00 0.48 0.40 0.65 0.75 1.10 0.72 0.93 0.63 1.14 0.52 1.29 0.44 0.83 0.66 1.72 1.13 0.60 0.95
48 Kuwait Kuwait 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.33 0.00 5.26 9.52 0.00 0.00 2.63 1.89 9.86 3.25 0.47 0.52 1.38 0.87 0.23 0.91
49 Romania Romania 1.00 0.00 1.23 0.49 0.43 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.60 0.31 0.89 0.66 0.56 1.11 1.53 1.55 1.06 0.71 0.66 0.63 0.40 0.29 0.32 0.85
50 Slovakia Slovakia 0.00 0.00 3.57 1.75 2.08 0.81 0.64 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.39 0.52 0.30 0.53 0.92 0.64 1.15 1.86 0.85
51 Croatia Croatia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.33 0.00 0.00 2.36 0.00 0.00 0.74 0.68 0.00 0.00 1.18 0.46 0.43 0.00 0.34 0.38 0.84
52 Hungary Hungary 0.00 1.20 0.49 0.83 0.36 1.13 2.21 1.85 2.02 3.73 3.75 2.53 2.20 3.07 2.08 2.43 1.09 0.84 0.80 0.52 0.62 0.97 0.67 0.80
53 Peru Peru 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.56 1.39 0.79 0.00 0.51 0.67
54 Cyprus Cyprus 0.00 25.00 50.00 50.00 16.67 16.67 5.00 2.56 7.69 16.67 8.33 10.42 1.37 3.92 7.02 7.27 5.36 12.33 8.96 3.26 0.88 4.13 1.50 0.63
55 India India 1.20 2.65 1.76 2.92 2.81 1.80 2.14 1.50 1.23 1.28 1.32 1.63 1.49 1.39 1.65 1.49 1.29 1.11 0.90 0.75 0.67 0.65 0.54 0.57
56 Latvia Latvia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.22 0.00 3.39 1.35 1.49 0.00 6.48 6.59 4.35 1.16 2.20 0.82 2.74 1.10 1.00 0.53
57 Mexico Mexico 0.00 1.67 1.40 0.00 0.29 0.87 1.03 1.72 1.47 2.52 0.68 2.03 2.73 3.27 2.86 2.20 2.65 1.71 0.77 1.36 0.51 0.65 0.85 0.50
58 Vietnam Vietnam 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.26 4.65 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.35 0.00 2.29 0.71 0.34 1.90 0.44 0.00 0.39 0.37 0.25 0.41 0.24 0.56 0.46
59 Ukraine Ukraine 0.00 1.69 0.68 1.99 0.25 0.00 0.66 1.93 0.21 1.09 1.20 0.49 1.01 0.26 0.14 0.56 0.65 0.37 0.20 0.65 0.77 0.45 0.11 0.46
60 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 12.77 0.00 3.23 3.57 3.23 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.42
61 Malaysia Malaysia 0.00 30.43 2.94 5.36 9.62 11.58 12.00 1.94 1.01 0.81 0.78 1.20 0.75 0.82 0.76 1.05 0.40 0.75 0.37 0.42 0.19 0.12 0.23 0.41
62 Thailand Thailand 0.00 9.09 3.13 7.84 2.25 2.74 0.50 0.93 0.87 1.31 0.47 0.61 0.53 0.97 0.62 0.26 0.33 0.59 0.44 0.61 0.44 0.35 0.32 0.41
63 Belarus Belarus 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.12 0.88 1.11 1.92 2.00 1.53 0.68 0.68 0.55 0.66 2.67 0.57 2.19 1.46 0.47 0.00 0.31 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.35
64 Serbia Serbia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.56 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.29 0.00 0.00 0.47 0.00 0.23
65 Iran Iran 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.64 0.00 0.36 1.07 0.97 0.57 0.96 0.87 0.85 0.42 0.38 0.54 0.47 0.43 0.63 0.35 0.46 0.45 0.27 0.13 0.19
66 Lebanon Lebanon 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.82 0.00 0.00 0.60 0.65 1.92 0.20 0.17
67 Jordan Jordan 0.00 0.00 0.00 12.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.67 1.09 0.00 0.83 2.88 0.51 0.00 0.26 0.36 0.00 0.13
68 Russia Russia 0.39 0.96 1.21 1.09 0.71 1.59 0.95 1.26 1.20 1.23 1.09 0.97 1.04 1.22 0.71 0.97 0.72 0.34 0.26 0.39 0.49 0.39 0.22 0.13
69 Tunisia Tunisia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.35 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.11 0.11
70 Morocco Morocco 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.30 1.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.05 1.78 1.49 0.27 0.40 0.32 0.13 0.26 0.11
71 Egypt Egypt 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.03 0.00 1.88 0.00 0.34 0.28 0.43 0.77 0.70 0.54 1.46 0.47 0.28 0.36 0.17 0.16 0.06 0.13 0.06 0.06
72 Pakistan Pakistan 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.09 1.68 0.00 1.30 0.59 0.43 0.64 0.22 0.32 0.48 0.10 0.25 0.13 0.06 0.02 0.03 0.02
73 Syria Syria 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
74 Oman Oman 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.16 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.81 0.00 0.00 0.00
75 Venezuela Venezuela 5.88 33.33 12.90 5.00 6.67 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.14 2.70 1.85 2.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.78 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
76 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
77 Paraguay Paraguay 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.00 0.00 0.00
78 Philippines Philippines 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.33 0.00 12.50 12.50 6.25 8.33 5.88 0.00 0.00 5.88 6.98 1.28 5.63 4.31 5.38 0.00 2.27 0.00 0.00
79 Bahrain Bahrain 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
80 North Korea North Korea 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 12.50 16.67 0.00 9.09 2.56 0.00 2.22 0.00 0.00 0.00
81 Bangladesh Bangladesh 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.47 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.49 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.00
82 Nigeria Nigeria 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.23 0.23 0.00
83 Indonesia Indonesia 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 14.29 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.17 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.00 0.00
84 Angola Angola 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 133.33 0.00
85 Armenia Armenia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.56 0.00 1.47 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
86 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.00 0.00 14.29 0.00 5.26 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.79 5.00 1.75 2.25 0.83 0.77 1.50 0.00 0.25 0.00 0.00 0.00
87 Iraq Iraq 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
88 Algeria Algeria 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.79 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.89 0.00 0.69 1.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
89 Jamaica Jamaica 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 0.00
90 Yemen Yemen 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 66.67 0.00 5.56 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
91 Iceland Iceland 0.00 0.00 100.00 16.67 0.00 0.00 6.25 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.26 7.32 0.00 0.00 5.45 3.57 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.75 0.00
92 Bosnia Bosnia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
93 Afghanistan Afghanistan 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ratio of nanotechnology patents to nano-articles (Patents per 100 articles)