Current patent
protection of
traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) compounds is far from being satisfactory with increasing
research and development achievements. As patent
protection of
traditional Chinese medicine compounds is closely related with many fields such as
research and development of new TCM
drugs,
industrial development and TCM internationalization, the development of
research and harmonious development of TCM compounds and their patent
protection is bound to have a far-reaching influence on domestic and even international
societies.