Fecal Transplant Methods — Patent Landscape Overview

Fecal transplant (FMT) is a newly developed method to treat recurring infections with Clostridium difficile (C. diff.) in a colon. This method involves a procedure to collect feces from a healthy donor and introduce them into a patient’s gastrointestinal tract.

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This article provides a patent landscape analysis of the FMT, key inventors in this area, and patent filing trends.

Patent Filing Trend

FMT-related patent applications were filled since the early 2000s and the filing jumped during 2018–19.

Top Countries where the applications were filed

The US and EU have shown the highest patent filing in recent years.

This chart was created on Questel’s IP Business Intelligence application Orbit Intelligence.

Top Applicants

Human Genome Sciences Inc has been a top patent filer with more than 370 patent families.

Top Inventors

Applicants' Dependency on each other

This graph illustrates citations between applicants. This information identifies portfolios that have strong interactions with each other.

This chart was created on Questel’s IP Business Intelligence application Orbit Intelligence.

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