Abstract:Based on the effectiveness and quantification ("making visible") of traditional medicine and food made possible by the spread of IT (information technology) which began in the US and elsewhere in the 90 s, the coding of (about 7,000 kinds) and database creation for traditional Chinese medical herbs has been advanced and the acquisition of patents in the field of traditional medicine has become active.Intellectual property and patent strategies greatly affect the science and technology policy of each country, a… Show more
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