Research on international influence of Chinese materia medica from perspective of patents / 中草药

ABSTRACT

With the development of economic globalization, "internationalization" has become the key word in the national economic development strategy. Chinese materia medica (CMM) is the treasure of ancient Chinese science, and now has entered the era of international development. CMM compound is an important part of CMM, and patent protection is an important guarantee for the internationalization of Chinese medicine products. This paper explores the factors influencing the international influence of CMM from the perspective of patents; Besides, this paper is based on the CMM listed companies' patents at home and abroad as the research object, establish the evaluation index of the international influence by combining the number of foreign applicants' patents that cite it and the number of citing patents' family number. Construct the patent index system to evaluate the international influence of patents, and explore the factors influencing the international influence of CMM patent by establishing count models. The empirical study found that increasing R&D team size, absorbing large areas of technology and more scientific literatures can enhance the international influence of CMM patent; Patents that protect effective sites, effective ingredients, and quality control/inspection methods can generate more profound international influence. At last, we put forward some suggestions to improve the international influence of CMM according to the results of empirical analysis.