Tseem muaj kev pheej hmoo nyob rau hauv kev siv ntawm nanotechnology. Nyob rau theem ntawm cov twj paj nruag, nws kuj suav txog qhov ua tau los siv nanotechnology hauv kev ua tub rog. (Piv txwv li, ntawm MIT Cov Tub Rog Lub Tuam Tsev Nanotechnology Lub Koom Haum [1], kev cog hniav lossis lwm txoj hauv kev los ua kom tau cov tub rog tau kawm, ntxiv rau kev soj ntsuam txhais tau tias txhim kho los ntawm nanodetectors.
Ntawm cov txheej txheem qib siab, cov neeg thuam ntawm nanotechnology taw qhia tias nanotechnology tau qhib lub ntiaj teb tshiab tswj hwm los ntawm cov cai khoom thiab cov tuam txhab. Lawv taw qhia tias, ib yam li lub peev xwm ntawm biotechnology los tswj cov noob yog nrog los ntawm txoj cai patenting ntawm lub neej, thev naus laus zis ntawm nanotechnology los tswj cov molecules coj txog patenting ntawm cov tshuaj. Ob peb xyoos dhau los, tau txais nanoscale patents zoo li kub nyiaj kub. Hauv 2003, ntau dua 800-nanometer ntsig txog cov cai ntiag tug muaj cai tau txais kev pom zoo, thiab tus lej no nce zuj zus txhua xyoo. Cov tuam txhab loj tau monopolized ntau cov kev cai ua ke rau nanoscale inventions thiab nrhiav pom. Piv txwv li, ob lub tuam txhab loj, NEC thiab IBM, tuav cov ntawv pov thawj yooj yim rau cov pa roj carbon nanotubes, ib qho ntawm cov khoom siv ntawm nanotechnology. Cov nanotubes cov pa roj carbon monoxide muaj ntau cov ntawv thov thiab xav kom ua lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv ntau thaj chaw muaj kev lag luam los ntawm cov khoom siv hluav taws xob thiab khoos phis tawm, kom ntxiv dag zog rau cov khoom siv, kom tso tshuaj tawm thiab kuaj mob. Cov nanotubes yog cov yuav dhau los ua cov kev lag luam tseem ceeb uas hloov cov khoom nyoos qub. Txawm li cas los xij, thaum lawv siv nthuav dav, txhua tus neeg uas xav tsim khoom lossis muag cov pa roj carbon nanotubes, tsis hais daim ntawv thov, yuav tsum xub yuav daim ntawv tso cai los ntawm NEC lossis IBM.