India Holds Its Own In The Neem Patenting Saga

July 20, 2009 - PRLog -- A new study by Dolcera has confirmed that India has indeed lived up to the competitive neem research and development efforts from the West. Neem is considered India’s heritage and an integral part of India’s culture. Neem has traditionally been used as an ingredient in Indian cuisine, as a medicinal treatment for several allergies and diseases, and in religious ceremonies across the country. Time and again, there has been a hue and cry to prevent other countries from patenting the age-old Indian knowledge of neem.

Dolcera’s study has answers to key questions, including:
•   Are Indians holding a legal upper hand on neem usage?
•   What are the neem patenting trends in India and the US?

The study also reveals that the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India, played a key role in India as well as in the US to remain one of the top patent owners in terms of number of patent filings on applications of neem. However, the complete picture is a little more complicated. Though CSIR is the top patent owner, individuals (41.84%) and private sector (31.63%) hold the majority of neem patents in India. Government institutes (which include CSIR, the Defense Research and Development Organization, and others) hold 26.53% of patents on India’s traditional asset.

While Indians have used neem for medicinal purposes in wound healing, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and skin care, US companies appear more interested in the areas of biodiesel production, fertilizers, dental formulations, food packaging, pharmaceutical compositions, etc.

Dolcera has more reports available on its website at http://www.dolcera.com.

For further information. please contact:
Dolcera
B.Subramanian Manikandan
External Communications
Tel: +91-9052990534
manikandan.b@dolcera.com
http://www.dolcera.com

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