Journal Pre-proof Prospection of recent chitosan biomedical trends: Evidence from patent analysis (2009–2020) Mallesh Kurakula, N. Raghavendra Naveen PII: S0141-8130(20)34671-7 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.10.043 Reference: BIOMAC 16933 To appear in: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules Received date: 3 June 2020 Revised date: 28 September 2020 Accepted date: 6 October 2020 Please cite this article as: M. Kurakula and N.R. Naveen, Prospection of recent chitosan biomedical trends: Evidence from patent analysis (2009–2020), International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (2018), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.10.043 This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its final form, but we are providing this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. © 2018 Published by Elsevier.