Touted as the technological revolution of the 21st century, nanotechnology has already been the topic of numerous publications, patents and news stories. While the commercial applications of nanotechnology are still relatively few, they are beginning to attract the attention of the commercial sector. For successful commercialization of this emerging technology, patent protection is imperative. Patents are publicly available documents forming a rich repository of current knowledge. By a systematic method of collecting, organizing and analyzing these publicly available documents, valuable information can be distilled about the activities and opportunities within this emerging field. As this field is rapidly progressing, this paper provides a summary of current patent issues in nanotechnology, an overview of nanotechnology patent analyses and the latest update of the current landscape of nanotechnology patents.