Nano patents & the top 10 defense and aerospace companies : Honeywell International, Lockheed Martin and Boeing fly ahead

Based on an estimation using the Espacenet database, this chart illustrates how the top 10 big aerospace & defense companies (according to the 2008 Fortune 500 ranking of aerospace & defense industries) rank in terms of number of nano-related patents.

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# Nano Terra Inc. and Honeywell Aerospace announce development and licensing agreement

# Lockheed Martin gives LANCER program high marks

# Boeing develops nano rhenium composite alloys for space applications ]]]

New phase I clinical trial : antibacterial properties of silicon incorporated with quaternary ammonium polyethylenimine nanoparticles

The Hadassah Medical Organization plan to start in January 2010 a phase I clinical trial entitled “Antibacterial properties of silicon incorporated with quaternary ammonium polyethylenimine nanoparticles” now registered in the Clinicaltrials.gov database under reference NCT01007240. According to this page, “the aim of this study is to evaluate the antibacterial activity of crosslinked quaternary ammonium polyethylenimine (PEI) nanoparticles incorporated at 1-2% w/w in a commercial soft liner material when compared to the commercial soft liner material“.

Nano & the top 10 big semiconductor suppliers : Sony and Intel far behind Samsung for patents

Based on an estimation using the Espacenet database, this chart illustrates how the top 10 big semiconductor suppliers (according to the 2008 ranking of the top semiconductor suppliers released on Electronicsweekly.com) rank in terms of number of nano-related patents. The domination of Samsung is obvious, with close to 60% of the total number of patents over these 10 companies ; Sony and Intel are respectively n°2 and n°3.

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# Nano & electronics : volumetry of patents since 2000 ]]]

Videos and presentations from the French nanotech debate

Here are two useful sources of information for getting a feeling of the ongoing French nanotech debate :

- videos related to the debate, including video summaries of some of the public meetings are available here ;

- slideshare versions of presentations delivered at the meetings are available here ; although very short (too short to my mind), some provide interesting elements.

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# Program of the French nanotech debate ]]]

Nano & paints : volumetry in patents since 2000

This chart was built by searching the Espacenet database for patents mentionning the prefixes “nano” and “paint” in their title or abstract.

Nano & the top 10 big cosmetics companies : L’Oréal, Procter & Gamble and Henkel on the podium for patents

Based on an estimation using the Espacenet database, this chart illustrates how the top 10 big cosmetics companies (according to Beauty Packaging’s annual ranking of the Top Global Beauty Companies) rank in terms of number of nano-related patents.

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# Nano & cosmetics patents since 2000 ]]]

Iron oxide nanoparticles : volumetry in biomedical publications since 2000

This chart was built by searching PubMed for publications mentionning iron oxide nanoparticles in their title or abstract.

Gold nanoparticles and magnetic microparticles to detect an indicator of prostate cancer

A new assay developped by US and Austrian researchers uses gold nanoparticles and DNA as amplification agents to detect prostate specific antigen (PSA), a protein associated with prostate cancer. The immunoassay is based on the use of 1) PSA antibody-functionalised gold nanoparticles decorated with DNA strand and 2) magnetic microparticles functionalised with a second PSA antibody. In solution, these two particles both bind to PSA ; the probes can then be magnetically separated thanks to the presence of the magnetic particles. DNA is then cleaved from the gold nanoparticles surface and its quantity (measured owing to a scanometric assay) indirectly indicates the level of PSA initially present in the sample. According to the researchers, this assay is ~300 times more sensitive than other commercial assays (see for example this article for more details).

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# Gold nanoparticles in biomedical publications since 2000

# Functionalized nanoparticles in patents since 2000

# Gold nanoparticles for cancer detection animation ]]]

Focus on medical/pharma-related nano trends

Medical and pharma applications of nanotech are one of the key editorial lines of Nanocolors blog ; here is a recap of the 10 medical/pharma-related trend charts already released, ranked by number of visits.

Nano patents & the top 10 big pharmaceutical companies

Nanoparticles in clinical trial phases

Nanoparticles in clinical trials since 2000

Nano & drug delivery patents since 2000

Nano & pharma patents since 2000

Nanoparticles & cancer therapy in biomedical publications since 2000 # Commented

Nanoparticles in clinical trials – status regarding participant recruitment

Nano & vaccines in patents since 2000

Nanomedicine in biomedical publications since 2000

Nanosurgery in biomedical publications since 2000

PLGA nanoparticles : volumetry in biomedical publications since 2000

This chart was built by searching PubMed for publications mentionning PLGA nanoparticles in their title or abstract (PLGA stands for PolyLactic-co-Glycolic Acid).