The progress of modern science and technology has made the plant extract industry gradually develop towards industrialization. Since the 1980s, human beings have been calling for "revering nature and returning to nature" more and more, and the plant extract industry, as an emerging industry, has taken the lead in Europe and the United States. With the advantage of abundant plant resources, after 2010, with the coloring and sweeteners and other plant-based food additives respected by consumers, the plant extract industry is rapidly developing into a major health raw materials industry of great concern. In addition, with the improvement of human living standards, the concept of returning to nature is increasing, food, medicine, health care products and cosmetics, etc. increasingly tend to be green, natural, non-polluting products, according to Markets and Markets related statistics, it is expected that by 2025 the global plant extracts market size will reach 59.4 billion U.S. dollars. This article analyzes the competitive landscape of global plant extracts technology to foresee the future development trend of the industry.

Major listed companies in the industry: Borui Bio(872404.NQ), Kanglong Bio(872213.NQ), Huakang Bio(870480.NQ), Yeda Bio(834891.NQ), Natural Valley(833760.NQ), Oukang Pharma(833230.NQ), Redstar Pharmaceuticals(832045.NQ), Kang'enbai (600572.SH), Chenguang Bio(300138.SZ), Rheinland Bio(002166.SZ), Hai Zheng Pharmaceutical(600267)

The core data of this article: country of origin of the technology, ranking of patent applicants, new entrants in the patent application, and the highest market value of patents

The full text of the statistical caliber of the note: 1) search keywords: plant extracts and similar or related keywords; 2) Search scope: title, abstract and right description; 3) Filtering conditions: simple homologous application de-emphasis, legal status for substantive examination, authorization, PCT international publication, PCT entry into the designated country (refers to the regular), simple homologous application de-emphasis is in accordance with the receiving office of the statistics. 4) Statistical cut-off date: 23 September 2021. 5) If there is a special statistical The caliber will be noted at the bottom of the chart.

1, global plant extracts technology regional competition pattern

(1)Distribution of technology source countries: China accounted for the highest proportion

At present, the world's first major source of plant extracts technology for China, Chinese plant extracts patent applications accounted for the world's total plant extracts patent applications 58%. Extracts patent applications accounted for 58.66% of the total number of patent applications; followed by South Korea, South Korea plant extracts patent applications accounted for 12.74% of the total number of global plant extracts patent applications. The United States and Japan ranked third and fourth, but there is a large gap with the first-ranked Chinese patent applications.

Statistical note: ①Statistics are performed according to the de-emphasis rule of displaying one disclosure text per application, and the latest text on the disclosure date is selected for calculation. ② Statistics according to the patent priority countries, if there is no priority, then calculated in accordance with the receiving office country. If there is more than one priority country, then the earliest priority country.

(2) Patent Application Trend: China's Discontinuous Lead

From the trend, from 2010 to 2020, China's plant extracts patent applications are far ahead of the number of patent applications, and in 2020, China's plant extracts patent applications will be 936. The development trend of patent applications for plant extracts in Korea, Japan and the United States is similar, with Korea slightly ahead of the other two countries, but the gap between the three countries in terms of the number of relevant patent applications in 2020 is extremely small, amounting to 48, 34 and 45 in that order.

Statistical Note: ①The statistics are performed according to the de-emphasis rule of displaying one disclosure text per application, and the latest text on the disclosure date is selected for calculation. ② Statistics according to the patent priority countries, if there is no priority, then calculated according to the receiving office countries. If there is more than one priority country, then the earliest priority country.

(3) Regional Patent Application Distribution in China: Guangdong Tops the List

In China, Guangdong is the province with the largest number of patent applications for plant extracts, with 1,742 patent applications for plant extracts. Jiangsu, Anhui and Shandong all have more than 700 patent applications for plant extracts. The top ten provinces in China in terms of the number of plant extract patents currently applied for are Zhejiang, Guangxi, Beijing, Shanghai, Hunan and Sichuan.

Statistical caliber note: according to the address submitted by the patent applicant.

Trend, during the period of 2010-2016, the gap between the number of major patent application provinces is not obvious, however, since 2016, Guangdong gradually pulls away from the distance and has been at the top of the list, in recent years, the provinces have become a downward trend, but Guangdong still has a breakthrough lead.

Statistical caliber note: Statistics according to the address submitted by the patent applicant.

2, global plant extract technology applicant competition pattern

(1) patent applicant concentration: market concentration is not high, CR10 fluctuating down

2010-2021 September, the global plant extract patent applicant CR10 shows a fluctuating downward trend, from 11.33% in 2010 to 8.85% in September 2021. Overall, the concentration of global plant extract patent applicants is not high, and the concentration shows a downward trend.

Statistical Caliber Note: Market Concentration - CR10 is the ratio of the patent applications of the top 10 applicants in terms of the total number of applications to the total number of patent applications in the field (of which the number of patents will not be de-emphasized when there are joint applications).

(2) TOP 10 Patent Applicants

--Total and Trend: Novia Takes the Crown

The TOP 10 applicants in terms of the number of patent applications in the global botanical extract industry Ltd., Kao Corporation, Shiseido Corporation, Shishio Corporation, Amore Pacific Corporation, L'Oreal, LG Lifestyle, Polaroid Chemical Industries, and Kose Corporation.

Among them, Novelia Plant Extracts has the highest number of patent applications at 150. Ichimaru Natural Beauty & Health Co. ranked second with 134 patent applications for its plant extracts.

Note: The number of joint applications has not been excluded.

Trend, in 2010, Amore Pacific Co. stood alone with 10 applications, significantly ahead of other companies, after 2013, the gap between the number of plant extract patents filed by the world's top 10 plant extract patent applicants narrowed until 2018, Novelia began to appear to be ahead of the trend, but in general the absolute value of the number of applications filed by the top 10 applicants are all small and the gap is not big.

--Patent technology distribution: H04L29 subdivision layout more

Currently, the global plant extract industry patent application number of TOP10 applicants technology is mainly laid out in the A61K8 subdivision, which the global plant extracts Novelia, the No.1 patent applicant, has filed 137 patent applications in this segment.

(3) Applicants of Top 10 Patents with the Highest Market Value: GW Pharmaceuticals leads the way

Two of the top 10 patents with the highest market value in the global botanical extracts market are occupied by GW Pharmaceuticals, which also owns the patents with the highest market value in the global botanical extracts market, with the value of the two patents totaling more than 14 million US dollars.

Note: The most valuable patents are the simple families with the highest patent value in the technical field. The current statistical caliber is based on the de-emphasis rule of one patent representative per group of simple homologous family, and any one patent with patent value in the homologous family is selected for display.

(4) New Entrants in Patent Application: Four New Entrants

There are four new entrants in the world, namely, Guangzhou Celera Stem Cell Technology Company Limited, Dajiang Biomedicine Company Limited, Guangdong Shengmei Cosmetics Company Limited, and Wuhu Yangzhan New Material Science and Technology Service Company Limited, and these four new entrants were established in 2017-2019 filed plant extract patents are more active, among which Guangzhou Celera Stem Cell Technology Co. filed the largest number of plant extract patents, reaching 25 in 2017.

Definition of new entrants: applicants who have filed patent applications only within the past five years.

-- For more industry-related data, please refer to the China Plant Extract Industry Market Demand Forecast and Investment Strategy Planning Analysis Report