HAI Guang-fan1, YANG Jun1, ZHANG He-ming1, et al. Patent Analysis of Plant Extracts,Chinese Herbal Drug and Chinese Patent Medicines in China,Korea,Germany,Japan and USA from 2006 to 2010[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2011, 17(15): 274-277.
HAI Guang-fan1, YANG Jun1, ZHANG He-ming1, et al. Patent Analysis of Plant Extracts,Chinese Herbal Drug and Chinese Patent Medicines in China,Korea,Germany,Japan and USA from 2006 to 2010[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2011, 17(15): 274-277. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.2011.15.084.
Objective:Depending on the patent application numbers of plant extracts
Chinese herbal drugs and Chinese patent medicines in China
Korea
Germany
Japan and USA from 2006 to 2010
the data were analyzed about their developing tends and to estimate consciousness of intellectual property rights.Method:Patent numbers of plant extracts
Chinese herbal drugs and Chinese patent medicines in China
Korea
Germany
Japan and USA from 2006 to 2010 were obtained from official webs in China
Korea
Germany
Japan and USA.Result:The results showed that the numbers of plant extracts
Chinese herbal drugs and Chinese patent medicines were going down in China
Korea
Germany
Japan and USA
while for the patent application number of plant extracts
Korea was first most and China was second;The patent application of Chinese herbal drugs was not so much
in which China was first most and Korea second.For the patent application number of Chinese patent medicines
China is the much more than the other countries.Conclusion:The R&D for Chinese traditional medicines has been shown to slip down.For the total patent application number of Chinese traditional medicines
China was much higher than the other countries
whereas the other countries special Korea were also developed.Oppositely protection of intellectual property rights of Chinese traditional medicines should be strengthened further.More R&D should be invested in Chinese traditional medicines.