<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Background: Tissue engineering takes on many approaches. It is mostly followed by those in the field through scientific literature. However, there is a virtually untapped resource in patent literature.</p><p>Objective: This review focuses on patents through the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This source is used only because the author is most familiar with this resource. This article is not intended to be instructional regarding patents, patent law, or how to apply for patents, nor is it intended to be all inclusive of the patent literature. However, the reader might see the value of following the patent literature as a source of ideas, technologies, methodologies, and knowledge with respect to tissue engineering.</p></abstract>

Background: Tissue engineering takes on many approaches. It is mostly followed by those in the field through scientific literature. However, there is a virtually untapped resource in patent literature.Objective: This review focuses on patents through the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This source is used only because the author is most familiar with this resource. This article is not intended to be instructional regarding patents, patent law, or how to apply for patents, nor is it intended to be all inclusive of the patent literature. However, the reader might see the value of following the patent literature as a source of ideas, technologies, methodologies, and knowledge with respect to tissue engineering.

Tissue engineering of bone and cartilage: a view through the patent literature

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Asian Biomedicine

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Background: Tissue engineering takes on many approaches. It is mostly followed by those in the field through scientific literature. However, there is a...

Tissue engineering of bone and cartilage: a view through the patent literature

Article Category: Review article

Pubblicato online: 04 feb 2017

Pagine: 1 - 12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.0501.001

Parole chiave
Bioreactors, bone, cartilage, patent literature, tissue engineering

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Tissue engineering of bone and cartilage: a view through the patent literature

Article Category: Review article

Pubblicato online: 04 feb 2017

Pagine: 1 - 12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.0501.001

Parole chiaveBioreactors, bone, cartilage, patent literature, tissue engineering

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Parole chiave
Bioreactors, bone, cartilage, patent literature, tissue engineering