Post by williamplayer on Jan 14, 2014 12:07:23 GMT
A enormously interesting document that is a must read for anyone interested or involved in Graphene.
Graphene The worldwide patent landscape in 2013
Graphene is a nanomaterial consisting of single layer sheets of carbon atoms in a hexagonal arrangement. The media refer to graphene as the “miracle material of the 21st Century and its public profile was boosted in 2010 when the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov of the University of Manchester “for ground breaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene.”
Graphene’s material properties are staggering; as a material it almost seems too good to be true, which explains why the media interest in it is so high. It is the thinnest known material in the universe and the strongest ever measured; for a crystalline structure it is elastic and can stretch up to 20% of its length; it is a very efficient electrical conductor and at room temperature it can sustain current densities six orders of magnitude higher than that of copper; its charge carriers have the highest intrinsic mobility; it has the best thermal conductivity of any material; and it is the most impermeable material ever discovered. In 2011 the Patent Informatics team at the Intellectual Property Office analysed patenting activity relating to graphene following a noticeable increase in the number of graphene-related patent applications filed in the UK.
Since then the activity in this area has continued to grow in a seemingly exponential manner, as has the media hype surrounding it. Given the perceived imminent commercialisation and high profile nature of graphene and its apparent interest to scientists, technologists and policy-makers alike, an updated report has been produced looking at the worldwide graphene patent landscape in 2013 and how it has changed over the last couple of years.
Read Full PDF: www.ipo.gov.uk/informatics-graphene-2013.pdf
Graphene The worldwide patent landscape in 2013
Graphene is a nanomaterial consisting of single layer sheets of carbon atoms in a hexagonal arrangement. The media refer to graphene as the “miracle material of the 21st Century and its public profile was boosted in 2010 when the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov of the University of Manchester “for ground breaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene.”
Graphene’s material properties are staggering; as a material it almost seems too good to be true, which explains why the media interest in it is so high. It is the thinnest known material in the universe and the strongest ever measured; for a crystalline structure it is elastic and can stretch up to 20% of its length; it is a very efficient electrical conductor and at room temperature it can sustain current densities six orders of magnitude higher than that of copper; its charge carriers have the highest intrinsic mobility; it has the best thermal conductivity of any material; and it is the most impermeable material ever discovered. In 2011 the Patent Informatics team at the Intellectual Property Office analysed patenting activity relating to graphene following a noticeable increase in the number of graphene-related patent applications filed in the UK.
Since then the activity in this area has continued to grow in a seemingly exponential manner, as has the media hype surrounding it. Given the perceived imminent commercialisation and high profile nature of graphene and its apparent interest to scientists, technologists and policy-makers alike, an updated report has been produced looking at the worldwide graphene patent landscape in 2013 and how it has changed over the last couple of years.
Read Full PDF: www.ipo.gov.uk/informatics-graphene-2013.pdf