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- Title
The prawns of the genus Macrobrachium (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae) with commercial importance: a patentometric view.
- Authors
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.
- Subjects
MACROBRACHIUM; DECAPODA; PALAEMONIDAE; PATHOLOGY; DATABASES
- Publication
Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 2016, Vol 44, Issue 3, p602
- ISSN
0718-560X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3856/vol44-issue3-fulltext-19