Venture capital investment and government grants fuel the greentech explosion in the United States. However, due to the recent economic downturn, money from venture capital has been dwindling to a trickle. In fact, many predict that as much as half of U.S. venture capital firms will disappear as a result of the current economic downturn (House Select Committee on Energy Independent and Global Warming – testimony of Robert T. Nelsen July 29, 2009).
Monthly Archives: September 2009
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Recent Updates
- EPA’s New “Draft Guidance” for Fracking: Oil/Gas Industry Generally Pleased, But Caution Is Advised
- USPTO Updates: Clean Tech & Customer Partnership Meeting, June 12, 2012
- Critical Trend: Nanotech Patenting Continues to Rise in 2012 Driving Commercialization (Potentially)
- Recent Hydraulic Fracturing Patenting Shows Connections With Cleantech and Nanotech
- U.S. P.T.O. Still Accepting Green Tech Accelerated Examination Petitions, in Theory at Least
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- 2011 Patent Reform Bills and Changes at the USPTO
- Cleantech Energy U.S. Patent Landscape Report
- Water Technology U.S. Patent Landscape Report
- Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
- Foresight Nanotech Institute
- NanoBusiness Alliance
- NanoTech Now
- Nanotechnology.com
- NanotechWeb
- Small Times
- Nanotechnology Law & Business
- European Patent Office
- U.S. Patent Office
- Foresight Institute's Nanodot