title: [Current service invention patents and growth pathways on basis of cluster analysis].
abstract: This study aims for enhancing quantity and quality of patents of traditional Chinese medicine compounds of traditional Chinese medicine enterprises, traditional Chinese medicine colleges and relevant institutions while building an efficient pathway for patent protection using simple statistics and cluster analysis, with service invention patent holders of traditional Chinese medicine compounds as the study object.
authors.affiliation: Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050091, China. medicalhistory@sina.com
authors.forename: Xu-jie
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Shi-ying
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D002626:Chemistry, Pharmaceutical / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016208:Databases, Factual; D062069:Inventions / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D010330:Patents as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*