@article{8d669c2bb64f4186bfd57c63d000f857,
title = "Knowledge Sharing and Diffusion Patterns",
author = "Yan Dang and Hsinchun Chen and Yulei Zhang and Roco, \{Mihail C.\}",
note = "Funding Information: This research is supported by the fol lowing awards: National Science Foun dation: “Intelligent Patent Analysis for Nanoscale Science and Engineering,” IIS-0311652; “Mapping Nanotechnology Development,” DMI-0533749; and “Worldwide Nanotechnology Development: A Comparative Study of Global Patents” CMMI-0654232. Dr. M.C. Roco was partially supported by the Directorate for Engineering, NSF. The authors thank esp@cenet for making the worldwide database available for research. Funding Information: developing countries have intensified their nanotechnology R\&D efforts of late [2]. Patent analysis can reveal the Patterns scope and direction of nanotechnology R\&D trends and has been used to assess the development of different research communities and technology fields [3], [4]; to study nanotechnology patents published by the U.S. Patent and Trade-mark Office (USPTO), the European Patent Office (EPO), and the Japan Pat-ent Office (JPO) [5], [6]; and to exam-ine the impact of U.S. National Science Foundation grants on USPTO nano-technology patents [7].",
year = "2009",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1109/MNANO.2009.934213",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "3",
pages = "16--21",
journal = "IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine",
issn = "1932-4510",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
number = "3",
}