Carbon Nanotubes Patent Landscape 2008

Published by: France Innovation Scientifique et Transfert (FIST SA)
Published: October, 2008
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Description

Abstract

In 2006, the revenue associated with the global carbon nanotube (CNT) market was estimated at 51 million US dollars. Studies targeting this field anticipate sustained growth of this market over the next few years, with year on year growth estimated at around 70%, which would lead to a market worth more than 800 million US dollars in 2011.

After 15 years of development and despite a considerable delay in market growth compared to original forecasts, a few experts now believe that carbon nanotube technology is finally close to being used in the highest added value and greatest potential applications.

The expected success of CNTs stems from their exceptional characteristics, particularly their mechanical properties (excellent rigidity yet extremely light), electrical properties (excellent characteristics in terms of conductivity and mobility, enabling significant progress to be made in terms of miniaturisation), field emission properties (SAMSUNG and MOTOROLA have already produced prototypes of CNT flat screens), and also their optical and chemical properties.

Thanks to these outstanding characteristics, CNTs are opening up significant avenues of progress in nearly all fields of activity and particularly in telecommunications, electronics, optics, automotive industry, medicine, batteries, fuel cells and aeronautics.

Many players from industry are demonstrating keen interest in the applications that ensue from such remarkable properties and have already marked out their positions in this sector by building up sizeable patent portfolios.

This document aims to establish as comprehensive a panorama as possible of the intellectual property associated with carbon nanotubes and to analyse the strategic positions of the companies involved in this sector.

METHODOLOGY

INTRODUCTION

1. BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE CARBON NANOTUBE MARKET

2. PROTECTION STRATEGIES

2.1 Evolution of patent filings over time
2.2 Priority filings
2.3 Extensions

3. TECHNOLOGICAL MATURITY FACTORS

3.1 Analysis of the evolution of filings over time
3.2 Analysis of industrial filings over time
3.3 Analysis of the granting of patents in the United States
3.4 Evolution in the number of applicants
3.5 Summary

4. TOPOLOGY OF PATENTS IN THE SECTOR

4.1 Segmentation of patents by application
4.2 Segmentation of patents by IPC code

5. APPLICANTS

5.1 Analysis of the major applicants within the overall portfolio
- 5.1.1 Major applicants
- 5.1.2 Collaborations
- 5.1.3 Protected topics
5.2 The pioneers (priority filings up to 2000)
- 5.2.1 Pioneer applicants
- 5.2.2 Their collaborations
- 5.2.3 Topics protected by the pioneer applicants
5.3 Later applicants (2001 to present)
- 5.3.1 Major applicants
- 5.3.2 Collaborations
- 5.3.3 The topics protected by later applicants

6. THE INVENTORS IN THE FIELD

6.1 The most prolific inventors
6.2 The experts
6.3 Inventors who have changed affiliation
6.4 The pioneer inventors
6.5 Later inventors
6.6 Emerging inventors
6.7 Description of key inventors
6.8 Research topics for the selected inventors

CONCLUSIONS

List of Tables and Figures

FIGURE 1 - CNT MARKET EVOLUTION PROSPECTS BY FIELD OF ACTIVITY
FIGURE 2 - EVOLUTION OF PATENT FILINGS OVER TIME
FIGURE 3 - MAP OF PRIORITY FILINGS
FIGURE 4 - MAP OF PRIORITY FILINGS / ZOOM ON ASIA
FIGURE 5 - EVOLUTION OF PRIORITY FILINGS OVER TIME
FIGURE 6 - MAP OF EXTENSIONS
FIGURE 7 - EVOLUTION OF EXTENSIONS OVER TIME
FIGURE 8 - MARKET LIFE CYCLE
FIGURE 9 - TECHNOLOGY LIFE CYCLE
FIGURE 10 - TECHNOLOGY VS. MARKET
FIGURE 11 - EVOLUTION OF THE NUMBER OF FILINGS OVER TIME
FIGURE 12 - EVOLUTION OF THE BREAKDOWN OF INDUSTRIAL PATENTS
FIGURE 13 - EVOLUTION OF THE GRANTING OF US PATENTS OVER TIME
FIGURE 14 - EVOLUTION OF THE GRANTING OF US PATENTS OVER TIME
FIGURE 15 - EVOLUTION OF THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS
FIGURE 16 - PHASE DIFFERENCE
FIGURE 17 - SEGMENTATION OF THE CARBON NANOTUBE PATENTS PORTFOLIO
FIGURE 18 - BREAKDOWN OF THE MAIN IPC CODES APPEARING IN PATENT APPLICATIONS FILED IN 2006
FIGURE 19 - MAJOR APPLICANTS IN THE FIELD
FIGURE 20 - BREAKDOWN OF THE PATENT PORTFOLIOS BY APPLICANT
FIGURE 21 - MAJOR COLLABORATIONS
FIGURE 22 - TOPICS OF THE MAJOR PLAYERS
FIGURE 23 - BREAKDOWN OF THE MAJOR IPC CODES OF THE MAJOR PLAYERS
FIGURE 24 - THE MAJOR PIONEER APPLICANTS
FIGURE 25 - INITIAL COLLABORATIONS
FIGURE 26 - TOPICS PROTECTED BY THE PIONEER APPLICANTS
FIGURE 27 - MAJOR APPLICANTS FROM 2001 TO THE PRESENT
FIGURE 28 - COLLABORATIONS
FIGURE 29 - TOPICS PROTECTED BY LATER APPLICANTS
FIGURE 30 - EVOLUTION OF THE FILINGS OF THE MAJOR INVENTORS OVER TIME
FIGURE 31 - EVOLUTION OF FILINGS BY "EXPERT INVENTORS" OVER TIME
FIGURE 32 - INVENTORS WHO HAVE CHANGED AFFILIATION
FIGURE 33 - THE MAJOR TEAMS
FIGURE 34 - TOPICS OF THE SELECTED INVENTORS

TABLE 1 - CARBON NANOTUBE MARKETS (SOURCE: FREEDONIA GROUP)
TABLE 2 - FILINGS OF PIONEER APPLICANTS OVER TIME
TABLE 3 - FILINGS OF THE MAJOR PLAYERS OVER TIME
TABLE 4 - LIST OF THE MOST PROLIFIC INVENTORS
TABLE 5 - LIST OF EXPERTS
TABLE 6 - THE MAJOR INVENTORS
TABLE 7 - THE FILINGS OF THE MAJOR INVENTORS OVER THE PERIOD 2001-PRESENT
TABLE 8 - EMERGING INVENTORS

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