Preliminary Study of Bioinformatics Patents and Their Classifications Registered in the KIPRIS Database

Whereas a vast amount of new information on bioinformatics is made available to the public through patents, only a small set of patents are cited in academic papers. A detailed analysis of registered bioinformatics patents, using the existing patent search system, can provide valuable information li...

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Main Author: Hyun-Seok Park
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2012-12-01
Series:Genomics & Informatics
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Online Access:http://genominfo.org/upload/pdf/gni-10-271.pdf
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Summary:Whereas a vast amount of new information on bioinformatics is made available to the public through patents, only a small set of patents are cited in academic papers. A detailed analysis of registered bioinformatics patents, using the existing patent search system, can provide valuable information links between science and technology. However, it is extremely difficult to select keywords to capture bioinformatics patents, reflecting the convergence of several underlying technologies. No single word or even several words are sufficient to identify such patents. The analysis of patent subclasses can provide valuable information. In this paper, I did a preliminary study of the current status of bioinformatics patents and their International Patent Classification (IPC) groups registered in the Korea Intellectual Property Rights Information Service (KIPRIS) database.
ISSN:1598-866X
2234-0742