Nanotechnology promises to drastically change nearly every area of science and technology. While most new technologies are challenging to define, nanotechnology is especially confusing because it is defined by a measurement rather than a particular area of science or technology. As such, nanotechnology cannot be tied to a particular breakthrough in a particular technology area.

More specifically, nanotechnology describes any technology relating creation, manipulation, or visualization of items at the nanometer scale. A nanometer is one billionth (that is 10^-9) of a meter, and nanotechnology generally refers to items from 1 to 100 nanometers. As a way of comparison, a human hair is roughly 100,000 nanometers in diameter. The smallest cellular life-forms are about 200 nanometers and single atoms are about 0.1 to 0.5 nanometers. Nanotechnology includes the research and development of materials, methods, devices, and systems that exhibit different properties on a nano-scale when compared to those found at larger scales. Nanotechnology spans almost every area of science and technology including engineering, physics, materials science, electronics, chemistry, biochemistry, optics, medicine, and environmental science.

Recent statistics show that a significant majority of nanotechnology companies are based in the United States; however, the implications of nanotechnology span the globe. HULSEY^IP has the expertise and foresight to assist nanotechnology clients in preparing a comprehensive worldwide protection and commercialization strategy. HULSEY^IP has the broad science and technology expertise to assist nanotechnology companies in securing and commercializing nanotechnology inventions.