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Patenting Trends in Marine Bioprospecting based Pharmaceutical Sector

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Title Patenting Trends in Marine Bioprospecting based Pharmaceutical Sector
 
Creator Demunshi, Ypsita
Chugh, Archana
 
Subject Intellectual property rights
Marine biodiversity
Patent
Pharmaceutical application
 
Description 122-130
The ‘marine world’ boasts of innumerable life forms, each with a unique characteristic, making its genetic make-up the most sought after field for marine researchers. An array of research arenas and products ranging from cosmetics to pharmaceuticals are now harnessed from marine bioresources and patented for generating high revenues. Evolving intellectual property regime provides an insight into the current research trend of this interesting and challenging field. Patents based on six commercially important marine organisms were chosen for the patent landscape study. The present study demonstrates that pharmaceuticals is the primary field of application followed by nutraceuticals. Diseases ranging from cancer to AIDS are considered curable using these marine bioresources and seaweeds, jellyfish are common dietary constituents. The study also indicates that the number of PCT filings far exceeds the number of patents filed in regional patent offices. In the study of the International Patent Classification (IPC), A61K and A23L emerged as the major codes under which patents have been filed. Another facet of the investigation analysed the present patenting scenario in India in the field of marine bioresource based pharmaceutical sector.
 
Date 2009-03-20T04:20:39Z
2009-03-20T04:20:39Z
2009-03
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0971-5544
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3398
 
Language en_US
 
Publisher CSIR
 
Source JIPR Vol.14(2) [March 2009]