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[email protected] Patent Landscape Report: Marine Genetic Resources Table of Contents Acknowledgements ............................................................................................... 5 Authorship ............................................................................................................. 5 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 6 Biodiversity in the ASEAN Region ........................................................................ 8 Marine Species in the Biodiversity Data ...................................................... 10 Conclusion ................................................................................................... 12 References .................................................................................................. 12 The Scientific Landscape .................................................................................... 13 Trends by Country ....................................................................................... 14 Marine Species Research ............................................................................ 15 The Species Network ................................................................................... 21 Country Networks ........................................................................................ 22 The Funding Network .................................................................................. 24 The Organisational Landscape .................................................................... 27 Conclusion ................................................................................................... 34 The Patent Landscape ........................................................................................ 35 Patent Overview .......................................................................................... 35 Search Strategy ........................................................................................... 37 An Overview of Filing Trends ....................................................................... 39 Patent Family Trends ................................................................................... 41 Top Species ................................................................................................. 44 ASEAN Researchers as Inventors ............................................................... 46 Conclusion ................................................................................................... 56 Conclusion .......................................................................................................... 58 Annex 1: Species Profiles ................................................................................... 60 Clarias macrocephalus .................................................................................... 60 Scientific Research ...................................................................................... 61 Patent activity .............................................................................................. 63 Lates calcarifer ................................................................................................ 63 Scientific Research ...................................................................................... 64 Patent activity .............................................................................................. 65 Litopenaeus vannamei .................................................................................... 66 2 Scientific Research ...................................................................................... 67 Patent activity .............................................................................................. 68 Macrobrachium rosenbergii ............................................................................. 69 Scientific Research ...................................................................................... 70 Patent activity .............................................................................................. 71 Nypa fruticans ................................................................................................. 72 Scientific Research ...................................................................................... 73 Patent activity .............................................................................................. 75 Oreochromis niloticus ...................................................................................... 75 Scientific Research ...................................................................................... 76 Patent activity .............................................................................................. 78 Penaeus mondon ............................................................................................ 79 Scientific Research ...................................................................................... 80 Patent activity .............................................................................................. 81 Pomacea canaliculata ..................................................................................... 82 Scientific Research ...................................................................................... 83 Patent activity .............................................................................................. 85 Vibrio harveyi................................................................................................... 85 Scientific Research ...................................................................................... 86 Patent activity .............................................................................................. 87 Vibrio parahaemolyticus .................................................................................. 88 Scientific Research ...................................................................................... 89 Patent activity .............................................................................................. 91 Annex 2: Methodology ........................................................................................ 92 The Scientific Literature ................................................................................... 92 Searching Web of Science........................................................................... 92 Overall Trends ............................................................................................. 93 Patent Data ..................................................................................................... 93 Species Data ................................................................................................... 94 Mapping .......................................................................................................... 95 Data Processing .............................................................................................. 95 Visualisation .................................................................................................... 96 Report Writing ................................................................................................. 96 Bibliography ........................................................................................................ 97 3 Endnotes ..........................................................................................................