Patenting in the European medical nutrition industry: Trends, opportunities and strategies

PharmaNutrition

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-21

  Weenen, T C ^a,b   Pronker, E S ^c,e   Commandeur, H R ^a,f   Claassen, E ^b,d,e  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Vacceleron   (Netherlands)

^d ATHENA INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e not available   (Netherlands)

^f not available   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Industry trends; Innovation; Medical nutrition industry; Patent analysis; Patent strategy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD COMPOSITION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALNUTRITION; MARKETING; MEDICAL NUTRITION INDUSTRY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATENT; PATENTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TREND STUDY; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 84877128121     PISSN: 22134344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phanu.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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