国内外雪茄烟专利技术研究热点及趋势分析

Analysis of hot topics and research trends in domestic and foreign patents related to cigars

【背景和目的】为使我国烟草行业相关科技人员准确把握雪茄烟的专利申请现状、研判今后的发展趋势。【方法】依托国家知识产权局和德温特专利平台对2009—2018年度在全球申请的657件相关专利进行统计分析。【结果】1)雪茄烟专利的地域集中度相对较高,专利主要分布在美国和中国大陆等地,与当前雪茄烟的市场分布情况较为一致,其次是欧盟和法国。国外个人、国外其他单位以及国内烟草行业是该领域的创新主体,但具体专利权人的集中度并不高,以BLUNT WRAP,U.S.A.,INC的专利数量最多,其次是四川中烟、湖北中烟和重庆中烟等国内工业企业。2)雪茄烟专利申请主要集中在A24F(吸烟者用品,主要为配件)小类,其次是B65D(雪茄贮存或运输容器)、A24C(雪茄机械)、A24B(加工方法)和A24D(烟支结构设计)小类;而外观设计专利主要集中在27-06小类。在具体技术领域,专利申请主要分布在配件和外观设计两个方面。3)国内申请人(含国内烟草行业)在外观设计方面的专利申请略显不足。【结论】综合考虑专利保护的地域性以及国外申请主体在中国的专利布局率相对较低等情况,对于海外专利的跟踪、研究以及积极开展相关专利的海外布局战略等方面,国内烟草行业有待加强。

[Purpose]This study aims to investigate the status quo and forecast the development trends of cigars.[Methods]In this paper,a total of 657 patents related to cigars published by State Intellectual Property Office and Derwent Innovation from 2009 to 2018 were statistically analyzed.[Results]1)The geographical concentration of cigar patents is relatively high,mainly distributed in the United States and China's Mainland,followed by European Union and France,which is more consistent with the current market distribution of cigars.The great majority of cigar patents were applied by the foreign individuals,the other foreign units(relative to tobacco enterprises)and the domestic tobacco industries.Among them,BLUNT WRAP,U.S.A.,INC possessed the largest number of application,followed by China Tobacco Sichuan Industrial Limited Corporation,China Tobacco Hubei Industrial Limited Corporation,China Tobacco Chongqing Industrial Limited Corporation,et al.2)The cigar patents are mainly concentrated in the A24F(smokers'requisites,such as accessory)subclass,followed by B65D(containers for storage or transport of cigars),A24C(machines for making cigars),A24B(manufacture or preparation of cigars)and A24D(structure design for cigars)for invention and utility model patents.For industrial design patents,27-06 subclass is the most.In the specific technical field,the patent layout was mostly focused on accessories and industrial design related to cigars.3)Compared with the foreign applicants,the domestic(including the domestic tobacco industries)have the lower number patents about industrial design.[Conclusion]Considering both the regional characteristics of patent protection and the relatively lower application rate of patents in China for the foreign applicants,The domestic tobacco industries should pay more attention to tracking and researching the overseas patents and actively carrying out overseas patent layout strategies for cigars.