专利视角下我国治疗糖尿病中药的SWOT分析

SWOT Analysis of Chinese Medicines for Diabetes Mellitus in China from the Patent Perspective

糖尿病的预防和治疗是中医药领域关注的焦点问题。专利文献可以直观地反映产业核心技术信息和科研活动中的技术成果。基于专利情报与外部环境分析,我国治疗糖尿病中药专利开发的优势为拥有良好的研发基础、专利数量居世界前列、是全球治疗糖尿病中药发明专利布局的首要区域;劣势为专利授权率低、存在非正常专利申请现象、缺少海外布局意识、申请主体之间合作程度不够;机遇为我国是全球最大的技术目标国,国家鼓励中医药发展,出台了多项遏制非正常专利申请的规范性文件,并采取了专项整治行动;威胁为国外对专利保护重视度和专利质量高、海外布局情况优于我国、国际市场上的对手有抢占市场的能力。以此为依据,建议我国糖尿病治疗领域中药发明专利申请人应抓住市场需求与国内政策支持的机遇,拓宽产业布局;着重提升专利的技术水平和市场价值;借鉴国际热点领域,找到市场空白点,结合独特技术,研发适合市场需求的中药制剂,加强“先专利、后产品”“先申请、后发表”及海外专利布局的战略意识,及时抢占国内外市场;加强产学研合作,实现优势互补,共同提高研究水平与专利质量,以期为我国治疗糖尿病中药的专利研发和布局提供参考。

The prevention and treatment of diabetes mellitus has attracted wide attention in traditional Chinese medicine.Patent documents can directly reflect the core technical information and research achievements of the industry.This study analyzed the patent information and external factors and summarized the strengths,weaknesses,opportunities,and threats(SWOT)in the development of Chinese medicine patents for the treatment of diabetes mellitus in China.The strengths include having a good research and development foundation,a large number of patents,and a key region of the global Chinese medicine invention patent layout for the treatment of diabetes mellitus.The weaknesses include a low patent authorization rate,existence of abnormal patent application,lack of awareness of overseas layout,and insufficient cooperation among the applicants.As for the opportunities,China′sgovernment encourages the development of traditional Chinese medicine and has introduced a number of normative documents to curb abnormal patent applications and took special actions to address the problems.The threats include high importance to patent protection,high patent quality,mature layout,and strong market competiveness in overseas countries.According to the results of SWOT analysis,we put forward the following suggestions to provide reference for the patent development and layout of Chinese medicines for diabetes mellitus.Specifically,the patent applicants in the field of treating diabetes mellitus with Chinese medicines should seize the opportunities of market demand and China′spolicy support to broaden the industrial layout.The technical levels and market values of patents should be improved.In view of the hot areas in the international community,market gaps should be localized,on the basis of which unique technologies should be employed to develop Chinese medicine preparations meeting market demands.The strategic awareness of prioritizing patent development over product manufacturing as well as prioritizing patent application over publishing and emphasizing overseas patent layout should be fostered to occupy a position in the domestic and foreign markets in a timely manner.Finally,the research-education-production cooperation should be boosted to give full play to the complementary advantages and jointly improve the research level and patent quality in this field.