Protecting new ideas and inventions in nanomedicine with patents

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 150-158

  Bawa, Raj ^a   Bawa, S R ^b   Maebius, Stephen B ^c   Flynn, Ted ^d   Wei, Chiming ^e  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Bawa Biotechnology Consulting LLC   (United States)

^c FOLEY AND LARDNER LLP   (United States)

^d Potomac Investment Capital LLC   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercialization; Inventions; Nanomedicine; Patents; US Patent Office

Indexed keywords

ACCRUING; COMMERCIALIZATION; NANOMEDICINE; US PATENT OFFICE;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICINE; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; STRAIN; TRADEMARKS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

RHODAMINE B;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; LICENSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PATENT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

INDUSTRY; NANOMEDICINE; OWNERSHIP; PATENTS; PATENTS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645032493     PISSN: 15499634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2005.03.009     Document Type: Article

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