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.
[[[ Additional links suggested by Nanocolors :
# Nano Terra Inc. and Honeywell Aerospace announce development and licensing agreement
# Lockheed [...]

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 [...]

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.
[[[ Additional link suggested by Nanocolors :
# Nano & cosmetics patents since 2000 ]]]

Functionalized nanoparticles : volumetry in patents since 2000

This chart was built by searching the Espacenet database for patents mentionning functionalized and nanoparticles in their title or abstract.
 

Nanopowders : volumetry in patents since 2000

This chart was built by searching the Espacenet database for patents mentionning the prefix “nanopowder”in their title or abstract.

Nano & the top 10 big pharmaceutical companies – a cautious involvement ?

Based on an estimation using the Espacenet database, this chart illustrates how the top 10 big pharmaceutical companies (according to 2008 IMS Health data) rank in terms of number of nano-related patents.
With a few additional comments  :  
- Most of these companies only applied for a small number of nanotech-related patents so far ; but [...]

Nano & vaccines : volumetry in patents since 2000

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

Nanobubbles : volumetry in patents since 2000

This chart was built by searching the Espacenet database for patents mentionning the prefix “nanobubbl” in their title or abstract.

Microtech versus nanotech in patents since 2000

This chart was built by searching the Espacenet database for patents mentionning the prefix “microtech” / the prefix “nanotech” in their title or abstract.