Abstract:

To understand the patent status in China’s eucalypt industry, patent applications in China’s eucalypt industry were obtained from the patent retrieval and analysis platform of China’s State Intellectual Property Office, and the numbers, types, applicants, regional distribution and technology fields of patents were analyzed. The results showed that: the patent applications relating to China’s eucalypt industry began in 1986 and developed slowly till 2007; since 2008, the annual numbers of applications increased markedly, and reached a peak of 139 patents in 2016; the invention patents accounted for the majority (88.65%), enterprises were the main applicants for patents (40.95%); Guangxi had the largest number of patent applications, accounting for 45.53%; the organizations that had the largest number of valid patents were Yunnan Guorun Flavor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Guangxi Dongmen State-owned Forest Farm, each had 9 patents; the technology fields for valid patents focused on agriculture, forestry, wood processing, fertilizer and so on. At present, China’s eucalypt industry patents are still in the stage of technological development with most patents belonging to the first generation of goods, and the research and development efforts should be enhanced.

Key words: Eucalypt, Industry Development, Patent, Intellectual Property