U. S. -based inventors lead world in nanotechnology patents: study
(Reuters) – Inventors based in the United States led the world in nanotechnology patent applications and grants in 2012, according to a new study by law firm McDermott Will & Emory. Nanotechnology involves manipulating matter that’s measured at the tiny “nanometer” length level. The diameter of a human hair is between 40,000 and 60,000 nanometers, said Valerie Moore, a patent agent and one of the authors of the study. Nanotechnology patents come into play in everything from aerospace to medicine to energy, the study noted. . . .
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