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