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Objective To analysis the hot spots of innovative technology of Chinese medicine industry in Shanghai during the recent years.Methods Patent Database of State Intelletual Property Office was retrieved by IPC class numbers combined with keywords and the IPC classification of the Chinese medicine patents in Shanghai area during 2002-2013 were under statistical analysis.Results The hot spot distribution of therapeutic activity of TCM preparations:Antineoplastic is the most important activity of Chinese medicine development, followed by the activities of treatment of inadequate blood flow or cardiovascular system diseases, such as hyperglycemia, high cholesterol, and so on. The activity of treatment of the digestive tract or digestive system diseases, followed by the activities of anti infection, antiviral, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory treatment, etc. The hot spot distribution of dosage:Researches on new dosage of Chinese medicine were mainly reflected in the improvement of traditional dosage form and development of new formulations. The capsules, tablets, oral liquid, and injections were the new dosage forms under the most researches. The distribution of medical resources:Medicinal plants or animals mainly came from “angiosperm”. Medicinal animals were less than medicinal plants, which mainly belonged to insecta.ConclusionThe hot spots of innovative technology of Chinese medicine industry in Shanghai are mainly distributed in the medicine of anti-tumor, cardiocerebral vascular diseases, digestive system diseases and so on in recent years. The researches of new formulation focus on the traditional dosage form improvement and new formulations development. “Angiosperm” is the key to the development of medicinal plants.
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Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medi-cine, Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine served as the study object in this study.Their published patent data were recorded and analyzed in terms of the number and types of patent applications, the number of validated patents, and the distribution of patent technologies using the patent information service platform on China Intellectual Property Right Net in order to understand their scientific research level, innovative ability, and scientific research trends.Certain suggestions were put forward for the solu-tion of existing problems and for working out strategies for the protection of intellectual property right.