Patent Analytics Reports on Healthtech
These WIPO patent analytics reports provide detailed insights into the latest technologies aimed at revolutionizing healthcare, from innovations in disease prevention and treatment to advancements that promote healthy lifestyles and enhance the quality of life for individuals with disabilities. Whether you're a healthcare professional, researcher, or industry innovator, our platform offers an in-depth look at cutting-edge medical devices, digital health solutions, and therapeutic breakthroughs.
Explore the transformative technologies driving the future of healthcare, improving patient outcomes, and making healthcare more accessible and effective for everyone. Discover how these innovations are not only curing diseases but also fostering well-being and independence across diverse populations.
COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2023
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been remarkable research and innovation efforts to fight the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the COVID-19 disease. WIPO published two reports that provide observations based on a comprehensive review of the patenting activity that took place in the field of COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics.
Assistive Technology
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2021
This groundbreaking report looks at patenting and technology trends in innovation in assistive technology. It identifies the prominent technologies, top players and markets for patent protection across seven domains – mobility, cognition, communication, hearing, the built environment, self-care and vision. Using a scale of technology readiness, it reveals which of the identified assistive products filed for patent protection are closest to commercialization.
Assistive Devices for Visually and Hearing Impaired Persons
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2015
This Report presents research on various assistive devices and technologies, includes an analysis on the geographical distribution of patent protection of these technologies, and features business data on major patent portfolios as well as a round-up of key innovators. Additionally, the report touches on technologies serving the same goals as the Marrakesh Treaty and the Accessible Book Consortium (ABC), namely those facilitating access of visually and hearing impaired persons to published works.
Vaccines for Selected Infectious Diseases
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2012
The scope of this report is to detect patterns of patenting activity and innovation in the area of vaccine research and manufacturing in order to facilitate the sourcing of vaccine technologies that could potentially be used in developing countries.
Ritonavir
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2011
This report focuses on Ritonavir, an antiretroviral drug used to treat HIV infection and AIDS. The main objective of the report is to provide a technology timeline for Ritonavir, from its first patent filing to the present. The report identifies several innovation tracks derived from the first Ritonavir patent document, and also includes an analysis of statistical trends. The search methodology and evaluation of search results are explained in detail, demonstrating how patent information can be utilized in the pharmaceutical industry.
Atazanavir
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2011
This report focuses on Atazanavir, an antiretroviral drug for HIV and AIDS treatment. The report aims to track the evolution of patent protection for Atazanavir from its first filing to present filings and provide best practices for patent research in the pharmaceutical industry. A separate chapter of the report is dedicated to combination therapies in pharmaceutical development, with a focus on AIDS therapies.