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U.S. Nanotechnology 2002: Technologies, Application Development, M&A, Patent Disputes, Markets and Business Opportunity


Description: US Nanotechnology 2002 considers the state of the applied nanotechnology marketplace as it exists today. It is a fractured and fragmented industry, with amazing R&D under way, but limited revenues and commercialization. By far, the greatest short-term business opportunities lie in the materials sector. Due to relatively low barriers to entry, a broad IP landscape, and customers looking to integrate nanoparticulates into their products, materials is now, and will remain, a key sector. M&A activity remains very slow as companies thus far rely upon join ventures and strategic alliances, waiting for the industry to become a more stable environment. DuPont, however, as outlined below, has an aggressive acquisition and partnership strategy in place around next-generation display technologies. The markets for nanotechnology products, while small today, are expected to grow exponentially over the next few years. If analysts are correct, the total global market for nanotech products and services could reach $1-2 trillion dollars by 2015, or more than 10% of the total global industrial output. Nanotechnology Trends for Market Discovery In the fall of 2001, the NanoBusiness Alliance surveyed over 150 companies involved in nano- and small technologies, from recent start-ups to public companies to divisions of large corporations, in order to understand the current trends in the business of nanotechnology.  The survey results provide a benchmark of the state of nanotechnology, including trends in venture, corporate and government funding. The survey’s findings show that, while still in their infancy in many ways, the nanotech industries are making great strides in exploiting existing markets (particularly in the materials and medical devices sectors) and emerging markets (particularly in the biotech and next-generation IT sectors). A significant number of companies surveyed reported that they were already drawing revenue from nanotechnology products. And while these revenues are small today, most companies expect a rapid growth curve. From myriad start-ups to the Fortune 500, a wide range of companies and initiatives have already been established to create compelling products founded on nanotechnology. - The markets for nanotechnology will expand rapidly over the next 2-3 years. For example, the National Science Foundation predicts that the total market for nanotech products and services will reach $1 trillion by 2015. However, the speed of innovation and growth of nanotechnologies will fluctuate widely from industry to industry, with some, such as nanomaterials, commercializing significantly faster than others. - The number of companies developing nanotech products and services will follow a growth curve similar to that of earlier technologies. In just the past five years, a plethora of nano-centric companies have sprung up around the world, paralleling in many ways the early markets of computers, e-commerce, wireless and biotech. However, the more sophisticated business models of nanotech companies, combined with significant investment from global governments and major enterprises, likely will result in a more stable growth curve for nanotech than some earlier technology fields. - Government, corporate and private investment in nanotech companies will accelerate. For fiscal year 2002, the US government proposed over $710 million dollars to nanotech research, up from about $270 million in fiscal year 2000. Venture capitalists, institutional investors and individual investors have begun to see the potential in nanotech, and, though chastened by the lessons of the dot-com disaster, are nevertheless seeking investment opportunities. Over 50 US venture capital firms invested in nanotech-related companies in 2000, and some of the world’s largest companies, including IBM, Motorola, Hewlett Packard, Lucent, Hitachi, Corning, Dow Chemical, and 3M have launched significant nanotech initiatives. - Most nanotechnologies are at the earliest levels of development. The nanotech industry might be compared to the computer industry of the 1960s, before the development of the integrated circuit, or the biotech industry of the 1970s. But while many nanotechnologies are in their nascent stages, others are already delivering products to the market. A variety of nanomaterials, for example, are already available, producing revenues, and profits, for forward-thinking entrepreneurs.  


Contents:

Executive Summary

1. Nanotechnology Trends for Market Discovery

Graph: A map of the nanotechnology Industry by company type

2. Strategic Alliance and M&A Activity

2.1 Other Relevant Activity

(Field, Company, Type of Alliance, Targeted Company, Reason)

3. Nanotechnology IP and Patent Disputes

Graph: Growth of Nanotechology Patenting Activity

Graph: Federal Appeals Court Cases Citing Nanotechnology

    1. Nanogen and Motorola
    2. Affymetrix

      3. Graph: Who a suing Whom

    3. Relevant Infringement Cases

(Area of suit, Docket, Plaintiff, Defendant, Key Terms, Status)

4. Employment and Workforce Issues

Graph: NNI FY 2001 Budget Allocations

Graph: Comparative S&E Jobs, 1998-2008

Graph: Graduate Student Enrollment S&E, 1993-2000

Table: Number of PhDs Granted in Selected Physics Subfields

5. Applied Nanotechnology Business opportunities

5.1 Summary of Trends by Category

5.1.1 Materials

5.1.2 Materials and Electronics

5.1.3 Electronics and IT

5.1.4 Life Sciences

5.1.5 Life Sciences and Tools

5.1.6 Tools

5.1.7 Modeling

5.2 US Nanotechnology Companies, by Category

(Category, Company, Status of Commercialization)

5.3 US Nanotechnology Companies, by Target Industry

(Category, Company, Key Target Industries)

5.4 US Nanotechnology Company’s Activity

Common Research Items:

Company Name, Contact, URL

Company Profile

Category

Technology

Business Opportunity and Commercial Implications

Researched Nanotechnology Companies: 82 companies

6. US Nanotechnology Markets and Outlook

6.1 Market Forecasts

6.2 Nanotechnology Market Size by Sector by Year 2015

7. Five Core Competencies for the investor




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