Nanotechnology has immense potential for the
development of more precise and effective methods for disease diagnosis and
treatment in plants and animals. The pan industrial nature of this technology
continues to attract all stakeholders involved in issues of diseases management
in agriculture. Current
investments using nanotechnology in disease diagnostics and drug delivery in India
are on the rise. If these are to be profitable, it is essential that transfer processes of nanotechnologies
in this sector against the patent portfolios are well understood for developing
sound policies and for commercialization. The objective of the present study is to assess the trend
of patents of this multifaceted technology and its applications in this sector
from the databases such as EPO, USPTO, Delphion and Micropatent.
Patent analysis includes bibliographic analysis of the patent timeline such as
publication year and priority year, country, main IPC and assignee of the
patents and technological analysis of nanoresearch areas and their potential
applications in disease management. The study illustrates the potential of
patents as indicators of technology to develop a framework for knowledge
mapping.
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