Abstract:From the perspective of intellectual property protection, this paper analyzes the domestic journals and literatures in the field of TCM invention patent research from 2011 to now, and provides some references for promoting the scientific long-term development of TCM patent in China.The results of bidirectional clustering showed that the domestic patent research on TCM could be classified into four clustering hotspots: TCM intellectual property protection research, TCM compound intellectual property protection research, TCM patent quality research and TCM patent technology innovation research.Strengthening the protection of TCM invention patent not only forms the intellectual property rights in various technical fields of TCM, but also strengthens the inheritance of TCM technology by using intellectual property rights, and protects and carries out research on the protection of TCM intellectual property rights.