According to news from the State
Intellectual Property Office of the P.R.C., nine patents which related to the pesticide industry expired in March 2016, paving the way for Chinese pesticide
companies to capitalize.
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According to news from the State
Intellectual Property Office of the P.R.C., nine patents which related to the
pesticide industry expired in March 2016, paving the way for Chinese pesticide
companies to capitalize. Detailed expiry dates are just for reference only.
One of the nine expired patents,
“Coccidioidomycosis Acid Derivatives” was applied for by Micro Company in 1998.
It related to the preparation of new acaricides, parasite-killing drugs,
insect-killing drugs and anthelmintic and also involved their application in
preventing and controlling parasites in plants or plant products.
Insiders have pointed out that
coccidioidomycosis acid derivatives can be applied as acaricides. However, its
efficiency when applied in this way is unknown as it has not been tested in the
market. Currently, spirodiclofen and abamectin are the two major acaricides
products, and mainly target citrus. However, mites have become resistant to
these two products over their many years of application. Thus, if
coccidioidomycosis acid derivatives can prevent and control red mites, it might
be a prospective substitute for spirodiclofen and abamectin.
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Another three expired patents, including
“New Ways to Prevent and Control Insects”, “Termite-killing Drugs and Their
Application Methods” and “Methods to Lure, Prevent and Control Insects” were
regarding the prevention and control of indoor insects such as cockroaches,
termites and ants. These patents were related to the hygienic insecticides
field.
The expired patent “Substituted
Aminoquinazolinone (Thione) Derivative or Salts, Intermediate and
Pest-controlling Agent and Using Methods” was used to develop a new
pest-control agent and the expired patent “Agricultural and Horticultural
Disease-controlling Agent and Controlling Methods” was applied in the
agricultural and horticultural disease fields.
It is worth noting that of the nine patents
which expired in March 2016, 3 were related to the production of glyphosate. In
particular, “Preparation of Ammonium Glyphosate through Gas-solid Reaction
System” and “Preparation of Ammonium Glyphosate Using Ammonium Hydroxide
Solution in Liquid-solid Reaction System” were regarding the production of
glyphosate technical while “Glyphosate Formulations that Contain Ether Amine
Surfactant” concerned the production of glyphosate formulations.
However, insiders believe that the expiry of these three patents will have no
practical meaning for domestic glyphosate manufacturers. That’s mainly because
domestic production techniques for both glyphosate technical and formulations
are able to compete with advanced international techniques, and also because
domestic manufacturers actually hold many related patents themselves. That’s
why China has output and exported huge volumes of glyphosate in recent years.
The detailed expiry dates are just for
reference only. If manufacturers want to dig for market space, they should pay
close attention to the actual state of these patents in order to avoid risks of
Infringement. In addition, they should know that information about these
expired patents is open to the public which means that there might be a lot of
competitors and high market risks. Thus, pesticide manufacturers should seize
opportunities based on their production equipment, development plans and core
advantages.
Nine expired pesticide-related patents,
China, March 2016
Patent
|
Held by
|
Expiry date
|
Preparation of Ammonium Glyphosate
through Gas-solid Reaction System
|
Monsanto Company
|
2016/3/5
|
Preparation of Ammonium Glyphosate Using
Ammonium Hydroxide Solution in Liquid-solid Reaction System
|
Pharmacia
|
2016/3/5
|
Glyphosate Formulations that Contain
Ether Amine Surfactant
|
Monsanto Company
|
2016/3/28
|
Coccidioidomycosis Acid Derivatives
|
Micro Company
|
2016/3/15
|
New Ways to Prevent and Control Insects
|
BASF
|
2016/3/27
|
Substituted Aminoquinazolinone (Thione)
Derivative or Salts, Intermediate and Pest-controlling Agent and Using
Methods
|
Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd.
|
2016/3/29
|
Termite-killing Drugs and Their
Application Methods
|
Nitto Group
|
2016/3/7
|
Methods to Lure, Prevent and Control
Insects
|
Bayer Agricultural Technology &
Science Co., Ltd.
|
2016/3/27
|
Agricultural and Horticultural
Disease-controlling Agent and Controlling Methods
|
Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd.
|
2016/3/26
|
Source: State Intellectual Property Office
of the P.R.C
This article comes from Insecticides China News 1604, CCM
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