Taiwan world's fourth-largest nanotechnology patent holder

TAIPEI- Opening of the 2013 Taiwan Nano Week and Exhibition at the Taipei World Trade Centre, Wu Chung-yu, Head of the National Program on Nanotechnology (NPNT), said Taiwan is ranked fourth in the world in the number and share of granted nanotechnology patents in 2012, adding that nanotechnology is expected to be a main driver for the technology industry.

He said the EU, the US, Germany, Japan and South Korea are mapping out plans for development of nanotechnology by 2020. In Taiwan, nearly NT$14.5 billion has already been invested in 860 nanotechnology transfer projects, 630 of which have been completed. He said the industry's production value could top NT$1 trillion (ATI).