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Nano-C Awarded Fundamental Patents for Carbon Nanotube and Fullerene Manufacturing

17 Sep 2008 - Nano-C, Inc., developer of nanostructured carbon materials, announced that it has been issued U.S. Patent Nos. 7,335,344 and 7,396,520 by the Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office. These newly issued patents cover the manufacture of Nano-C’s core products, carbon nanotubes and fullerenes.
 
"The fundamental competitive advantage of our technology covered by these patents enables us to offer an array of unique carbon nanotubes and fullerene products, tailored to specific applications,” commented Viktor Vejins, president and CEO at Nano-C. "These technologies provide the needed scalability to meet the growing demands we see in organic photovoltaic (OPV) and electronics applications, including transparent conducting films for use in a variety of display, touch screen and traditional solar applications.”