The prawns of the genus Macrobrachium (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae) with commercial importance: a patentometric view
Author
Akintola, Shehu L.
Chávez-Chong, Cristina Olimpia
Arencibia-Jorge, Ricardo
Chong-Carrillo, Olimpia Chong-Carrillo
García-Guerrero, Marcelo U.
Michán-Aguirre, Layla
Nolasco-Soria, Héctor
Cupul-Magaña, Fabio
Vega-Villasante, Fernando
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Abstract
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.