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Figure 0.7 Comparative patent publications per sub-sector 1986-2012 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 year energy cosmetics drugs products enzymes genetics biocides biofilms 100 120 20 40 60 80 0 energy cosmetics drugs products enzymes genetics biocides biofilms Interestingly in the year 2006 as well as in year 2010 there is a decrease in nearly all fields of marine biotechnology. In 2011 and 2012 patenting is again increasing, but the amount does not reach the values of 2008 and 2009. Trend analysis Increase rates were comparable across almost all application fields. A trend analysis was performed for all sectors until 2020, indicating a stabilisation in the number of new patents in most of the sectors with probably even a slight decrease in the total number of patents. Only the sectors cosmetic and energy are expected to increase by 10-20%. 102 Study in support of Impact Assessment work on Blue Biotechnology 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

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