According to the Statnano portal, the number of registered patents by Iran in Europe and the US has grown by 68% in 2018.
February 11, 2019
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There has been significant growth in the number of registered patents by Iran in the nanotechnology area. According to the Statnano portal, 13,050 patents have been registered in the Europe (EPTO) and US (USPTO) patent offices in 2018. The number of registered patents in 2018 is 68% higher than this number in 2017. This number puts Iran in the 21st place in the global ranking of countries with most nanotechnology patents.
|
Rank |
Country |
Nano published applications (USPTO) |
Share (%) of USPTO |
Nano published applications (EPO) |
The share of nano in total (%) |
|
1 |
5,646 |
50.1 |
311 |
3.1 |
|
|
2 |
1,004 |
8.9 |
247 |
4.3 |
|
|
3 |
913 |
8.1 |
169 |
3.9 |
|
|
4 |
792 |
7.0 |
327 |
1.4 |
|
|
5 |
532 |
4.7 |
19 |
4.0 |
|
|
6 |
424 |
3.8 |
153 |
1.9 |
|
|
7 |
295 |
2.6 |
106 |
3.5 |
|
|
8 |
224 |
2.0 |
26 |
3.1 |
|
|
9 |
194 |
1.7 |
13 |
3.1 |
|
|
10 |
158 |
1.4 |
0 |
17.8 |
|
|
11 |
140 |
1.2 |
64 |
2.6 |
|
|
12 |
115 |
1.0 |
31 |
2.3 |
|
|
13 |
85 |
0.8 |
7 |
4.7 |
|
|
14 |
82 |
0.7 |
44 |
5.5 |
|
|
15 |
71 |
0.6 |
14 |
3.9 |
|
|
16 |
71 |
0.6 |
28 |
2.1 |
|
|
17 |
66 |
0.6 |
5 |
4.0 |
|
|
18 |
60 |
0.5 |
1 |
3.0 |
|
|
19 |
52 |
0.5 |
7 |
1.2 |
|
|
20 |
46 |
0.4 |
61 |
5.3 |
|
|
21 |
42 |
0.4 |
0 |
26.8 |
|
|
22 |
32 |
0.3 |
2 |
4.9 |
|
|
23 |
30 |
0.3 |
10 |
2.0 |
|
|
24 |
29 |
0.3 |
16 |
8.7 |
|
|
25 |
28 |
0.2 |
21 |
2.2 |
|
|
26 |
Total (World) |
11280 |
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