USPTO Digest Designed Specifically for Nanotechnology

The USPTO’s has created a digest specifically for nanotechnology in furtherance of its efforts to improve the ability to search and examine nanotechnology-related patents. Digest Class 977/Dig.1, entitled Nanotechnology represents the first step in a multi-phase nanotechnology classification project and will facilitate the searching of prior art, provide a subcategorized collection of issued U.S. patents and published pre-grant patent applications relating to nanotechnology across the technology centers, and assist in the development of an expanded, more comprehensive, nanotechnology cross-reference art collection classification schedule. View the press release.