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Fig. 4 | Globalization and Health

Fig. 4

From: Patent landscape of neglected tropical diseases: an analysis of worldwide patent families

Fig. 4

Number of granted patent families (a) and the total patent families (b) for the top ten priority countries by types of assignee. a: Firm (firms), indiv (individuals), univ. (universities), inst (non-profit institutions), govt (governments) and hosp (hospitals) are assignee types. “Others” classify the assignee names or company names which do not fall under these categories (university, government, non-profit institution, hospital, individuals). Record numbers referring to the number of granted patent families. Priority countries are: US (United States), EP (European Union-European Patent Office), KR (Korea), JP (Japan), GB (Great Britain), RU (Russia), CN (China), FR (France), AU (Australia), IN (India). b: Firm (firms), indiv (individuals), univ. (universities), inst (non-profit institutions), govt (governments) and hosp (hospitals) are assignee types. “Others” classify all the assignee names or company names which do not fall under these categories (university, government, non-profit institution, hospital, individuals). Record numbers refer to the number of patent families. Priority countries are: US (United States), CN (China), JP (Japan), EP (European Union-European Patent Office), GB (Great Britain), FR (France), KR (Korea), DE (Germany), AU (Australia), RU (Russia)

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