AM Slide # 1 Nanotechnology in Society Principal Investigator’s Meeting 2006 NanoConnection to Society NANOTECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS’ MEETING FEBRUARY 8, 2006 · ARLINGTON, VA · NSF ROOM II-595 Lead Institution: Harvard University Co-Directors: Richard Freeman (Harvard) Lynne Zucker (UCLA) In Attendance: Lynne Zucker (UCLA) Sharon Friedman (Lehigh) Vivian Weil (IIT) Mark Wiesner (Rice/Duke) Wei-xian Zhang (Lehigh) Morning Session: Research & Research Related Activities
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AM Slide #1Nanotechnology in Society Principal Investigator’s Meeting 2006
NanoConnection to Society
NANOTECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS’ MEETINGFEBRUARY 8, 2006 · ARLINGTON, VA · NSF ROOM II-595
Lead Institution: Harvard University
Co-Directors: Richard Freeman (Harvard)Lynne Zucker (UCLA)
In Attendance: Lynne Zucker (UCLA)Sharon Friedman (Lehigh)Vivian Weil (IIT)Mark Wiesner (Rice/Duke)Wei-xian Zhang (Lehigh)
Morning Session: Research & Research Related Activities
AM Slide #2Nanotechnology in Society Principal Investigator’s Meeting 2006
Research & Research Related Activities
• Major research foci• Pilot development of NanoEthicsBank• Pilot development of NanoEnvironBank• Patent flow and distribution• Design and validation of NanoIndicator series• NanoConnection.net design• Conclusions
AM Slide #3Nanotechnology in Society Principal Investigator’s Meeting 2006
Research & Research Related Activities
• Major research foci• Pilot development of NanoEthicsBank• Pilot development of NanoEnvironBank• Patent flow and distribution• Design and validation of NanoIndicator series• NanoConnection.net design• Conclusions
AM Slide #4Nanotechnology in Society Principal Investigator’s Meeting 2006
Intellectual Foci: Research Activities
• Generate quality nano info -> open to all– Pilot NanoEthicsBank: ethical standards; regulations– Pilot NanoEnvironbank: impacts, known now &
predicted– NanoConnection goal: fully google indexed
• Pilot NanoIndicators -> over time, comparative• Validate indicators: predictive ability
– Media & public: Nano risk perception, expectations– Nano labor supply & demand– Nano spillovers: nano to stem cells example
AM Slide #5Nanotechnology in Society Principal Investigator’s Meeting 2006
Research & Research Related Activities
• Major research foci
• Pilot development of NanoEthicsBank
• Pilot development of NanoEnvironBank• Patent flow and distribution• Design and validation of NanoIndicator series• NanoConnection.net design• Conclusions
AM Slide #6Nanotechnology in Society Principal Investigator’s Meeting 2006
• Interface: public perception of risk & attitudes– Location of nanomaterials fabrication facilities– Using nanomaterial-derived products
AM Slide #11Nanotechnology in Society Principal Investigator’s Meeting 2006
Research & Research Related Activities
• Major research foci• Pilot development of NanoEthicsBank• Pilot development of NanoEnvironBank
• Patent Flow and Distribution• Design and validation of NanoIndicator series• NanoConnection.net design• Conclusions
AM Slide #12Nanotechnology in Society Principal Investigator’s Meeting 2006
Nanotech Patent Quality & Scope
• Examiner and applicant inserted prior art cited in nano patents– Linked to “patent quality” in previous research (Sampat 2005)– Hard to identify prior art in nanotech vis-à-vis other fields
(USPTO)– Effects of new nanotechnology patent class (Class 977)
• Nano: more claim changes in prosecution? – Narrower patent scope (via the doctrine of equivalents – Festo)
• Patent-based NanoIndicators – being developed• Also: Georgia Tech Patent Working Group
– Arizona State/Harvard CNS collaboration discussed in pm powerpoint
AM Slide #13Nanotechnology in Society Principal Investigator’s Meeting 2006
Research & Research Related Activities
• Major research foci• Pilot development of NanoEthicsBank• Pilot development of NanoEnvironBank• Patent Flow and Distribution
• Design and validation of NanoIndicator series
• NanoConnection.net design• Conclusions
AM Slide #14Nanotechnology in Society Principal Investigator’s Meeting 2006
Nano: Media and Public Perception
• Nano-risk: Next figure shows number of articles US&UK
– Oversight issue in minority of articles
• Under 40% new/tighten regulation; under 16% side effects like asbestos
• Second figure shows number of publications on nano
AM Slide #16Nanotechnology in Society Principal Investigator’s Meeting 2006
Nanoindicators in Text
The graph shows the development in the use of commercial and alternative/futuristic words in nanotechnology related articles in the Top 50 US Newspapers over the last 20 years.
AM Slide #17Nanotechnology in Society Principal Investigator’s Meeting 2006
Nano Labor Supply; Nano Spillovers
• Indicator of labor supply of S & E with nano-orientation– “Nano” courses at nano-active (NNIN) universities – next figure– To do: measure of NSF’s affect on pipeline
• Compare offered courses at NNIN institutes vs. schools with less nano-funding
• Nano spillovers to other science areas– Second Figure shows example of spillover: nano & stem cells
• Roughly a fifth of stem cell patents also nanotech patents
• Danger in these analyses– Hype: courses described as “nano”, patents containing nano-
relevant terms, but with varying content– Still on rise of sigmoid curve for recognition of what is “nano”.
AM Slide #18Nanotechnology in Society Principal Investigator’s Meeting 2006
Growing use of “nano” by Instructors
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Number of course descriptions containing “nano” at Institutions with NNIN Facilities
NNIN Institutions1. Cornell2. Stanford3. GaTech4. U. Washington5. U. Michigan6. U. Minnesota7. Penn State U.8. UCSB9. U. Texas Austin10. U. New Mexico11. Harvard12. Howard U.13. NCSU
AM Slide #19Nanotechnology in Society Principal Investigator’s Meeting 2006
Patents Classified as Both Nanotechnology and Stem Cell as Percent of Total Stem-Cell Patents
Nanotechnology & Human Embryonic Stem-Cell PatentsTotal Human Embryonic Stem-Cell Patents
Source: Lynne G. Zucker & Michael R. Darby, “Real Effects of Policy Change in Industry Development in Stem Cells,” paper presented at Stem Cells: Promise and Peril in Regenerative Medicine Conference, UCLA, February 4, 2006.
AM Slide #20Nanotechnology in Society Principal Investigator’s Meeting 2006
Research & Research Related Activities
• Major research foci• Pilot development of NanoEthicsBank• Pilot development of NanoEnvironBank• Patent flow and distribution• Design and validation of NanoIndicator series
• NanoConnection.net design• Conclusions
AM Slide #21Nanotechnology in Society Principal Investigator’s Meeting 2006
NanoConnection.net
Figure 1. NanoConnection to Stakeholders, Other Centers and the Nano Research Community
NanoConnection.net (pilot site)NanoBank.org, NNIN, Nano-Science and
Other NSECs, NIRTs, Pilot Education and Public Outreach/Information Program Technology ResearchOther Major Research Community, Social Projects and Centers Science Community
Pilot DatabasesNanoEnvironBank NanoIndicators NanoEthicsBank
Studies of NanoIndicator Design and NanoPatent Validation Studies ConcernFlow and IndicatorsDistribution
Students andTeachers
ProfessionalAssociations Finance
Industry and GovernmentAt All Levels
ConcernedPublic
The Media NGOs
AM Slide #22Nanotechnology in Society Principal Investigator’s Meeting 2006
Research & Research Related Activities
• Major research foci• Pilot development of NanoEthicsBank• Pilot development of NanoEnvironBank• Patent flow and distribution• Design and validation of NanoIndicator series• NanoConnection.net design
• Conclusions
AM Slide #23Nanotechnology in Society Principal Investigator’s Meeting 2006
Conclusions
• Generate quality nano info -> open to all– Pilot NanoEthicsBank: ethical standards; regulations– Pilot NanoEnvironbank: impacts, known now & predicted– NanoConnection goal: fully google indexed
• Pilot NanoIndicators -> unfolding stability/change in nano• Validate indicators: predictive ability
– Media & public: Amount/change in nano risk perception, use?– Nano labor supply & demand; NSF funding effects?– Nano spillovers: nano to stem cells; other spillovers?
• Danger in analyses– Still on rise of sigmoid curve for recognition of what is “nano”