Navigating the Patent Landscapes for Nanotechnology: English Gardens or Tangled Grounds?

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 726, Issue , 2011, Pages 359-378

  Sylvester, Douglas J ^a   Bowman, Diana M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intellectual property; Patent pools; Patent thickets; Technology innovation; TRIPS; Trolls

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYST; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LAND USE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PATENT; ARTICLE; ETHICS; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICY; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY;

NANOTECHNOLOGY; PATENTS AS TOPIC; POLICY;

EID: 79959810659     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-052-2_23     Document Type: Chapter

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