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. 2012 Oct 24;50(5):831–841. doi: 10.1007/s13197-012-0873-y

Table 2.

Diversity of patent owners and countries of applicants

Assignees Patent % Country Patent %
Nanobiomatters, Spaina 4.5 European patent office 26.47
Arkema, Francea 3 China 25
Futura polyesters , Indiaa 3 Korea 13.25
National Research Council of Canadab 1.5 USA 7.35
South China University of Technology, Chinab 1.5 India 4.41
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Indiab 1.5 Mexico 1.5
Columbia University National Science Foundation, USb 1.5 Taiwan 1.5
BASF, Germanya 1.5 Canada 1.5
Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication, Chinaa 1.5 Austria 1.5
Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, Koreaa 1.5 WIPO (P.C.T) 16.17

aIndustrial organization and corporate bodies, bPublic sector organizations