Table 1.
Patent search strategies set up for each of the four applications of lipase.
Table 2.
Publication search strategies set up for each of the four applications of lipase.
Fig 1.
A) Total number of scientific publications and patent documents related to kinetic resolution per priority year and publication year (triennium), respectively.
B) Number of patent documents related to kinetic resolution divided by the main countries of the first priority.
Table 3.
Top 10 patent assignees of the patent documents related to lipase and kinetic resolution having the first priority between 1983 and 2012.
Fig 2.
Comparison between patent documents directed to kinetic resolution using lipases and dehydrogenases as biocatalysts.
Fig 3.
A) Total number of scientific publications and patent documents related to detergent production per priority year and publication year (triennium), respectively.
B) Number of patent documents related to detergent production divided by the main countries of the first priority.
Table 4.
Top 10 patent assignees of the patent documents related to lipase and detergent production having the first priority between 1983 and 2012.
Fig 4.
Comparison between patent documents directed to the use of lipases and proteases for producing detergents.
Fig 5.
A) Total number of scientific publications and patent documents related to food and feed production per priority year and publication year (triennium), respectively.
B) Number of patent documents related to food and feed production divided by the main countries of the first priority.
Table 5.
Top 10 patent assignees of the patent documents related to lipase and food and feed production having the first priority between 1983 and 2012.
Fig 6.
A) Total number of scientific publications and patent documents related to biodiesel production per priority year and publication year (triennium), respectively.
B) Number of patent documents related to biodiesel production divided by the main countries of the first priority.
Table 6.
Top 10 patent assignees of the patent documents related to lipase and biodiesel production having the first priority between 1983 and 2012.
Fig 7.
Cumulative patent data fitted into S-shaped curves using Loglet Lab 2 Software.
Growth trajectories of lipase and A) kinetic resolution technology; B) detergent production technology; C) food and feed production technology; and D) biodiesel production technology.
Table 7.
Characteristics of the S-curves built in Loglet Lab 2 for each technology addressed in this study.