Table 3.

Geographical scope of patent protection (Patent family jurisdiction)

Major Traits	Jurisdictiona	Reference patent
Food packaging	CN-8, KR-2 , ES-1,US-4, WO-4, TW-1, AT-1, DE-1 (22)	ES2331640 A1, CN102134467 A
Food processing	CN-2, KR-3, WO-2 (7)	KR20110027532 A
Nutraceuticals	EP-1, WO-1, CN-1 (3)	CN101433528 A
Safety & sensing	IN-1, WO-1 (2)	IN1339/DEL/2008 A
Nutraceuticals & packaging	CN-2, KR-2, WO-1 (5)	KR20070076802 A
Processing & packaging	CN-2, WO-3, MX-1, KR-2, CA-1, EP-1 (10)	CN101570608 A
Packaging & safety sensors	CN-1, IN-1,GB-1, WO-1 (4)	GB0623043 D0, IN1196/MUM/2005 A

^aJurisdiction represents: CN: China, GB: United Kingdom, WO: WIPO (PCT Filing), IN: India, CA: Canada, EP: Europian patent office, KR: Republic of Korea, DE: Germany, ES: Spain, US: United State of America, TW: Taiwan-Province of China, AT: Austria, MX: Mexico