Patent Landscape Report on Ritonavir - WIPO

Section 3 - Statistical Analysis3.1 IntroductionThis section provides statistical analysis for all documents identified during the landscape.Documents used in the statistical analysis are located in the corresponding patent databaseannexed to this report. The statistical analysis includes: total number of families, patentsand average family size; patenting and filing activity over time; total families per major classificationcodes; percentage of families with a PCT family member and percent of families witha PCT family member over time; distribution of families based on priority countries over time;geographic distribution of patent family members; most common assignees and inventors.3.2 ResultsTotal number of Ritonavir patent families 805Total INPADOC patents & applications 9,570Average INPADOC Family Size11.8 patents or applications/familyIn total, 805 INPADOC patent families were identified as claiming Ritonavir. These 805 patentfamilies include 9,570 total granted patents or published applications in those families.The definition for an INPADOC patent family can be found in Appendix 2. An Excel databasewith all 805 relevant patent families is available separately to this report for download. For ashort description of this database see Appendix 3.