The patents of acupuncture and moxibustion in China and abroad was analyzed

aiming to provide support for the innovative development of acupuncture industry. With the China Think Tank of Patent of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the PatSnap database as data sources

based on the mathematical statistics method

the application trend

legal status

patent types

transformation and distribution of major technical fields of acupuncture patents in China and abroad were analyzed. As a result

a total of 53

422 acupuncture patents were screened

involving 49 countries and 4 organizations. The patent types were mainly utility model patents. Although the application number of acupuncture patent had increased rapidly

the average patent conversion rate was generally low

approximately 4%. In the context of global economic integration

the acupuncture industry is developing at a high speed. It is suggested to take advantage of the "Belt and Road Initiative" to improve the international acceptance of acupuncture and moxibustion

adhere to the principle of attaching equal importance to the number and quality of patents

promote the in-depth cooperation of industry-university-research

and promote high-quality development of acupuncture and moxibustion.