Mapping nanotechnology patents: The EPO approach

World Patent Information

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 204-211

  Scheu, M ^a   Veefkind, V ^a   Verbandt, Y ^a   Galan, E Molina ^a   Absalom, R ^a   Forster W ^a  

^a EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ECLA; EPO examiners; Interdisciplinary searches; Nanobiotechnology; Nanomagnetics; Nanooptics; Nanotechnology; Patent trends; Tagging; Y01N

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745852760     PISSN: 01722190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wpi.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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