专利文献中披露的信息可作为应对紧急情况的资源：应对 COVID-19 的技术发展策略。

Information Disclosed in Patent Documents being the Source to Address Emergencies: A Strategy to Achieve Technological Developments Addressing COVID-19.

机构信息

Chemistry Institute, Federal University of Goias, Goiania, Brazil.

出版信息

Recent Pat Biotechnol. 2021 Oct 4;15(2):148-163. doi: 10.2174/1872208315666210402112805.

DOI:10.2174/1872208315666210402112805

PMID:33797389

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Face COVID-19 pandemic, a need for accurate information on SARS-CoV-2 virus is urgent and scientific reports have been published on a daily basis to enable effective technologies to fight the disease progression. However, at the initial occurrence of Pandemic, no information on the matter was known and technologies to fight the Pandemic were not readily available. However, searches in patent databases, if strategically designed, can offer quick responses to new pandemics.

OBJECTIVE

The objective of this study is aiming to provide existing information in patent documents useful for the developmentof technologies addressing COVID-19. Considering the emergency situation the world was facing and the knowledge of COVID-19 available until April, 2020, this work presents an analysis of the main characteristics of the technological information in patent documents worldwide, related to coronaviruses and the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

METHODS

Regions of concentration of such technologies, the number of available documents and their technological fields are disclosed in three approaches: 1) a wide search, retrieving technologies on SARS or coronaviruses; 2) a targeted search, retrieving documents additionally referring to Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE2), which is used by SARS- CoV-2 to enter a cell and 3) a punctual search, which retrieved patents disclosing aspects related to SARS- CoV-2 available at that time.

RESULTS

Results show the high-level technology involved in these developments and a monopoly tendency of such technologies, also evidencing that it is possible to find answers to new problems in patent documents.

CONCLUSION

This work, then, aims to contribute to scientific and technological development by raising the awareness of what should be considered when searching for technologies developed for other matters that could provide solutions for a new problem.

摘要

背景

面对 COVID-19 大流行，对 SARS-CoV-2 病毒的准确信息的需求迫在眉睫，每天都有科学报告发布，以推动有效的技术来对抗疾病的发展。然而，在大流行初期，对这方面的信息一无所知，也没有现成的技术来对抗大流行。但是，如果策略性地设计专利数据库搜索，就可以为应对新的大流行提供快速反应。

目的

本研究的目的是提供有用的专利文献信息，以开发针对 COVID-19 的技术。考虑到世界正面临的紧急情况以及截至 2020 年 4 月对 COVID-19 的了解，本工作对全球与冠状病毒和严重急性呼吸系统综合征（SARS）相关的专利文献中的技术信息的主要特征进行了分析。

方法

通过三种方法揭示了这些技术的集中区域、可用文件的数量及其技术领域：1）广泛搜索，检索 SARS 或冠状病毒方面的技术；2）有针对性的搜索，检索另外提到血管紧张素转换酶（ACE2）的文件，该酶被 SARS-CoV-2 用来进入细胞；3）定点搜索，检索当时公开的与 SARS-CoV-2 相关的方面的专利。