中药复方是中医学的精髓,但目前专利法的设置以及专利申请文件的撰写格式不利于中药复方的技术保护。数字化色谱指纹谱将色谱峰的定位和峰面积以数字化形式进行表达,不仅能够比较准确地表达一个组合物的内在总体情况,亦能较完整地反映出复杂中药复方产品的化学组成特征。作者认为,数字化色谱指纹图谱技术不仅能准确反映中药复方的整体质量状况,也可用于中药复方专利中技术特征的描述。

The compound drugs of Chinese medicine are the quintessence of the theory of traditional Chinese medicine. At prent, however, some relevant regulations of the Patent Law and the writing forms of the documents in the application for patents are not in favour of the protection of such compound drugs. The expression of the location and area of chro-matogram peak in digital form by means of digital chromatographic finger - printing spectrum is able not only to accurately reflect the whole interior of a compound drug but also to completely shows the characteristics of the chemical composition of complex compounds of Chinese medicine. The authors hold that the technology of digital chromatographic finger-printing spectrum can accurately indicate the entire quality of compound drugs of Chinese medicine on the one hand and can be used to describe the technical characteristics of the compound drugs of Chinese medicine on the other hand.

上海市教育委员会资助课题(2003G文-1):运用数字化色谱指纹谱技术设计中药复方专利技术特征的研究，负责人：宋晓亭。