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. 2022 May 27;44:119–133. doi: 10.1016/j.jare.2022.05.006

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Fig. 2 — Profiles of global STING patent applications. (A) Annual number of STING patent applications by the year of application of the first member of the patent family (2009–2020). (B) The most frequent international patent classification (IPC) categories of patents targeting STING. The technical areas of these categories can be accessed in the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), https://www.wipo.int/classifications/ipc/en. (C) Country distribution of STING patents by the basic country of patent families. (D) Country distribution of STING patents by application authorities of all of the members in the patent families.