The prawns of the genus Macrobrachium (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae) with commercial importance: a patentometric view

The scientific interest in the genus Macrobrachium was not only from a biological aspect, but also from economic aspect. This paper analyzed the patents identified in several databases using the keyword Macrobrachium. Patents were selected when a species of Macrobrachium was mentioned in main title. The total number of identified patents was 131, of which Chinese authors and institutions have produced more than 90%. Topics addressed refer to culture technologies (41%), nutrition and feeding (26%), reproduction technologies (19%) and pathological diagnosis and treatments (14%). Patents are mainly directed for M. rosenbergii (71%), M. nipponense (28%) and M. superbum (1%). Until now, it has not been attempts to generate patents to American continent species.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Chong-Carrillo,Olimpia, Arencibia-Jorge,Ricardo, Chávez-Chong,Cristina Olimpia, Akintola,Shehu L, García-Guerrero,Marcelo U, Michán-Aguirre,Layla, Nolasco-Soria,Héctor, Cupul-Magaña,Fabio, Vega-Villasante,Fernando
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Escuela de Ciencias del Mar 2016
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-560X2016000300019
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