{"id":27122,"title":"World class patents in nutrition: Could innovation made in East Asia help feed the world?","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/de\/globalization\/world-class-patents-in-nutrition-hopes-for-the-world-come-from-east-asia\/","date":"21. August 2020","date_unix":1598017193,"date_modified_unix":1644496205,"date_iso":"2020-08-21T13:39:53+00:00","content":"

The recent United Nations paints a dire picture of the world food security. It estimates<\/a><\/em> that the number of people in hunger could increase by 132 million due to the corona crisis<\/a><\/em> and does not the world on a path to meeting the SDG goal of access to food for all people and eradicating all forms of malnutrition. As the world\u2019s population continues to grow<\/a><\/em>, innovation might be crucial to grow enough food. So, what does the state of innovation in the field of nutrition look like? \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Measuring innovation<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In our recent study we assess innovation power by analysing world class patents<\/a>, <\/em>We define world class patents as the ten percent most important patents<\/a> from the active patent portfolio in a specific technology. A patent is important when it has a high competitive impact, which is calculated by considering two indicators:<\/p>\n

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  1. Market coverage<\/strong> \u2013 a larger market weighs more<\/li>\n
  2. Patent citations by official examiners<\/strong> \u2013 in relation to all citations of the concerning year<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    While the whole study looks at 58 cutting-edge technologies in ten technology fields, we focus five nutrition technologies in this post: Biocides, Fertilizer, Functional Food, Green Biotech, and Precision Farming.<\/p>\n

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