KOREAN JOURNAL OF PACKAGING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (한국포장학회지)

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Patent Trend Analysis for Postharvest Packaging and Storage Technology of Fresh Fruits, Vegetables and Mushrooms

신선 농산물의 수확 후 포장 및 저장 기술과 관련된 특허 동향 분석

  • Choi, Ji Weon (Postharvest Technology Division, Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA) ;
  • Kim, Su-Yeon (The Foundation of Agricultural Technology Commercialization and Transfer) ;
  • Lee, Jung-Soo (Postharvest Technology Division, Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA) ;
  • Lee, Ji Hyun (Postharvest Technology Division, Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA) ;
  • Lim, Sooyeon (Postharvest Technology Division, Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA) ;
  • Yang, Hae Jo (Postharvest Technology Division, Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA) ;
  • Eum, Hyang Lan (Postharvest Technology Division, Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA)
  • 최지원 (농촌진흥청 국립원예특작과학원 저장유통과) ;
  • 김수연 (농업기술실용화재단) ;
  • 이정수 (농촌진흥청 국립원예특작과학원 저장유통과) ;
  • 이지현 (농촌진흥청 국립원예특작과학원 저장유통과) ;
  • 임수연 (농촌진흥청 국립원예특작과학원 저장유통과) ;
  • 양해조 (농촌진흥청 국립원예특작과학원 저장유통과) ;
  • 엄향랸 (농촌진흥청 국립원예특작과학원 저장유통과)
  • Received : 2021.10.05
  • Accepted : 2021.12.02
  • Published : 2021.12.31
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Abstract

Patents for postharvest technology of fresh fruits, vegetables and mushrooms fluctuated in their filing number until the 2000s, but then there has been a steady increase in the 2010s, indicating that the technology has high growth potential in the international agricultural market. Using 551 valid patents for fresh fruits and 337 for fresh vegetables of 5 countries, patent trend of postharvest technology was analyzed in this study with two categorized technologies as packaging and storage. In Korea, patents from national research institutes such as the Korea Food Research Institute and Korea (Rural Development Administration) are dominated, and a number of patents for the postharvest storage of fresh vegetables by Mitsui Chemicals, a Japanese chemical company, have been registered. Agrofresh, a multinational company in the USA, holds a number of patents for postharvest storage of fresh fruit not only in its own country, but also in Japan and Europe. Postharvest technology of fresh fruits and vegetables was found to has a number of patents, mainly from national research institutes and multinational corporations, and this suggests that R&D and commercialization of the technologies are actively taking place.

신선 과일 및 채소의 수확 후 관리 기술은 2000년대까지 출원의 증가와 감소를 반복하는 경향을 보이다가 2010년대에 들어서 출원인 및 출원 건수가 증가하는 증가세를 나타내고 있어, 시대의 요구가 높은 기술임을 알 수 있다. 신선과일 및 채소의 포장 기술에 대한 주요 특허출원은 일본기업이 가장 많은 특허를 출원하였으며 신선 과일의 저장기술은 미국 등 다국적 기업이 주도하고 있으며 주로 산업체와 국가 연구기관에서 다수의 특허를 보유하고 있어 연구개발 및 특허 활동이 활발히 이루어지고 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 신선 과일, 채소 및 버섯의 수확 후 관리 기술에 대한 특허 확보 전략으로는 품목 종류별 특성에 기인하여 수확 후 전처리, 수송, 저장, 포장에 최적화된 기술을 개발하여 특허를 확보하거나, 상업화가 가능하고 효율 특성이 현저한 기술에 대하여 개발 및 특허 확보가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

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본 논문은 농촌진흥청 연구사업(과제번호: PJ01508701) 및 농림축산식품부의 재원으로 농림식품기술기획평가원의 수출전략기술개발사업(과제번호: 617067-05-5-SB410)의 지원을 받아 수행되었으며 이에 감사드립니다.

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