Top 10 Key Players companies in Lactic acid by Most Patent Citation in the Switzerland in 2021 – Discovery

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The Lactic acid top 10 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 10 Most Patent Citation Lactic acid Key Players in the Switzerland. Discovery has identified the top key players, startups & unicorns, fast-growings, news entrants in 2021, ranking from differnt perspectives, including patent filing intensity, academic research capability, news media heat. The company list is generated from various data types.

Lactic acid is an organic acid. It has a molecular formula CH₃CH(OH)CO₂H. It is white in solid state and it is miscible with water. While in liquid state (dissolved state) it is a colorless solution. Production includes both artificial synthesis as well as natural sources. Lactic acid is an alpha-hydroxy acid (AHA) due to the presence of carboxyl group adjacent to the hydroxyl group. It is used as a synthetic intermediate in many organic synthesis industries and in various biochemical industries. The conjugate base of lactic acid is called lactate.

1	Société des Produits Nestlé SA	Vaud, Switzerland	Food industry	patent citation: 1,363
2	Nestlé SA	Vaud, Switzerland	Ice cream,Nutrition,Cosmetics, ...[+2]	patent citation: 1,077
3	Nestec SA	Vaud, Switzerland	Enzyme,Nutrition,Food industry, ...[+1]	patent citation: 1,077
4	Debio Recherche Pharmaceutique SA	Switzerland		patent citation: 563
5	Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance SA	Vaud, Switzerland		patent citation: 175
6	Novartis AG	Basel-Stadt, Switzerland	Dosage form,Health care,Medicine, ...[+2]	patent citation: 167
7	BioEqual AG	Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland	Intellectual property,Nutrition,Know-how	patent citation: 111
8	Sandoz AG	Switzerland	Botanical drug,Herb	patent citation: 109
9	Ciba Specialty Chemicals Holding, Inc.	Basel-Stadt, Switzerland	Chelate agent,Health care,Chemical engineering, ...[+2]	patent citation: 91
10	Ciba-Geigy AG	Switzerland	Botanical drug,Herb	patent citation: 87

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Top 10 Key Players companies in Lactic acid
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