TCM Patent Resource in the Knowledge Economy Era / 世界科学技术-中医药现代化

ABSTRACT

Patent is a type of technological literature with both academic and commercial value. Patents of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) occurred by the establishment of Chinese medicine patent system, and got a rapid develop-ment by the TCM modernization. To date, TCM patents had been accumulated into a large and content-rich technol-ogy resource. Efficient utilization of TCM patents is of significant importance to government departments, research in-stitutions and pharmaceutical companies. However, due to the absence of patent awareness and knowledge, the TCM researchers have no idea on the use of TCM patent information resources. In this article, a brief review was present-ed on the development process of TCM patent. Besides, several issues of development were discussed in depth. We attempted to outline the guidelines and come out with a series of specific measures on exploring patent resources. The prospects of TCM patent resources were also analyzed.