Iran has been ranked 24th in the world in the high-tech field of nanotechnology according to a new list of top innovative countries in 2019.
The Head of the regional information center for science and technology, Ja'far Mehrad, pointing to the publication of a list of the most innovative countries in nanotechnology research in 2019, has said Iran has been ranked 24th in the world out of 62 most innovative countries in hi-tech research.
According to an Iran Press report, a report published by StatNano shows that around 365,000 published patent applications were filed at both the USPTO (the US Patent and Trademark Office) and the EPO (the European Patent Office) during the first 9 months of 2019, of which more than 10,300 – 2.8 percent – were in the field of nanotechnology; however, nanotechnology accounts for the 10 percent of the world's total scientific publications.
These statistical data have been collected by StatNano through a search string relating to nanoscience and nanotechnology in corresponding databanks such as the Web of Science and Orbit.
According to Ja'far Mehrad, the USA possesses the world’s most active market for innovations in the field of nanotechnology, in so far as more than 8,900 nanotechnology patents of 2019 were filed at the USPTO. In addition to the USA and Europe, China and South Korea are also considered by the innovators and patent assignee of nanotechnology and nanoscience areas, but given the limitation of their offices’ search engines, it is not possible to search and gather information about various countries’ patents in these offices.
During the mentioned period, there were 62 countries that had at least one patent relating to nanotechnology, among which the USA topped the list, followed by South Korea, Japan, China, and Taiwan, followed by pioneering European countries, such as Germany, France, and the UK.
Iran ranked 24th in the world
According to Ja'far Mehrad, the Islamic Republic of Iran had 18 nanotechnologies published patent applications at the USPTO and the EPO until the end of September 2019. The corresponding figure for Iran from 2014 to 2018 is 13, 23, 27, 25, 42. This compares very favorably with other Muslim countries. For example, Turkey had 4, 7, 18, 13, 29, 11 nanotechnologies published patent applications at the USPTO and the EPO in the period 2014 to 2019.
Other Islamic countries had fewer nanotechnology published patent applications at the USPTO in 2019, for example, UAE had 8, Malaysia had 6, Qatar had 4, Egypt had 3, and Kazakhstan and Pakistan each had 2.
Source: Iran Press
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