World Traditional Medicine Patent Database and its applications

摘要

World Traditional Medicine Patent Database (WTMPD), a bilingual (Chinese/English) and deep indexed natural/traditional medicine patent database, covers more than 200 k natural/traditional medicine related basic patent records (more than 500 k patent family members) and more than 200 k Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) formulas collected from 20+ countries and 2 international organizations from 1985 to current. WTMPD has been used in patent examination practice within SIPO of China. The database has, for example, enhanced subject search, formula similarity search, chemical structure search, and traditional medicine dictionary search. WTMPD is useful for both patent searching and drug discovery.