New Index System of the Strength of Pharmaceutical Patent Protection and its Application

The paper proposes a new index system of the Strength of Pharmaceutical Patent Protection which covers the aspects of legislation and executive. The index system consists of 11 categories and 37 sub-categories. The Strength of Pharmaceutical Patent Protection of China (1986-2009), 31 Chinese provinces (2007) and 27 countries and regions (2007) are calculated with the proposed index system, which are the empirical basic to make in-depth analysis on the status quo of pharmaceutical patent protection in sample countries and regions from horizontal and vertical aspects.