Nanotechnology
About
Nanotechnology is part of our work in 化学・工業・材料, and 電子・情報技術.
ナノテクノロジーによる革新技術がもたらす無限の可能性を保護
「ナノテクノロジー」という用語が定義する技術には幅広い技術分野が含まれています。小型電池、バクテリアを寄せ付けないナノ構造を施した外面、磁気制御されたマイクロボット、ナノフィラメントを含浸させ、ユーザーの目にVR・ARを表示させるコンタクトレンズなど、革新的企業による無数の用途を持つ製品開発が活発化しています。ナノテクノロジーの進歩は、化粧品から家電、医療機器からワクチン送達システムに至るまで、多様な技術分野におけるイノベーションの原動力となっています。
実績
Oversaw due diligence for one of the world’s largest chemical companies during the acquisition of another company, including overseeing the mapping and analysis of the target’s patent portfolio and analyzing potential infringement by competitors.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a jury decision in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in favor of Finnegan client DuPont Air Products NanoMaterials, LLC (DA NanoMaterials), holding that various tungsten Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) slurries sold by DA Nanomaterials do not infringe Cabot Microelectronic’s patents. Tungsten CMP is a process used in semiconductor manufacturing.
11-1085, -1088, Fed. Cir., Judges Rader, Dyk, Reyna
One of our long-standing clients asked us for advice on how to expand its patent portfolio to include nanotechnology. We researched the activities of its competitors, reported our findings, and suggested a course of action to a group of its senior intellectual property (IP) counsel and technical leaders. Our report focused on the implications of nanotechnology in the client’s industry and identified desirable avenues of research and product development where nanotechnology could be implemented and protected to provide an advantage in the marketplace.
