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The global chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy patent landscape

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Global patents in the field of CAR-T cell therapy show a changing landscape with fierce competition and intensive collaboration.

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Fig. 1: Flow diagram of patent sample.
Fig. 2: Collaboration networks of CAR-T patents.
Fig. 3: Publication trend of CAR-T patents.
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Fig. 5: Patent citation network on CAR-T.
Fig. 6: Milestone CAR-T patents.

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The authors thank J. Smith from NDORMS, the University of Oxford, for insightful comments and G. Li from IQVIA for assisting with data processing. We are grateful to the University of Macau Library for providing effective data service and the University of Macau for financial support via the project MYRG2019-00011-ICMS.

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Lyu, L., Feng, Y., Chen, X. et al. The global chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy patent landscape. Nat Biotechnol 38, 1387–1394 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-00749-8

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