RE: RE: RE: Mark Duffin needs to tell us about the Gold4 Oct 2022 18:45
All about the Nano here, even the revenue is Nano.
The Irrelevance of Nanotechnology Patents EMILY MICHIKO MORRIS
Although scientists have for decades now had the ability to manipulate matter at the atomic level, we have yet to see the nanotechnological revolution that these scientists predicted would follow. Despite the years of effort and billions of dollars that have been invested into research and development thus far, nanotechnology has yielded surprisingly few end-user applications. A number of commentators have blamed this lack of progress on the Bayh-Dole Act and other changes to patent law, arguing that, although these laws are supposed to stimulate technological development, they have in fact had the exact opposite effect when it comes to nanotechnology. Because universities now own too many “upstream” patent rights with the potential to obstruct “downstream” development of usable applications, their argument goes, the Bayh-Dole Act has caused an unnecessary drag on nanotechnology development. This Article shows, however, that contrary to this common criticism, patents on university-based nanotechnology research are most often simply irrelevant.
https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1080&context=faculty-publications
Interesting how accurate this was.