Utility patents held by U.S. companies (excluding subsidiaries), by technology class and subclass
| | Utility patents |
|---|
| U.S. companies (excluding subsidiaries) and technology |
All |
Technology
class |
Technology
subclass |
|---|
| | Number |
|---|
| Total utility patents held by U.S. companies (excluding subsidiaries) |
4,331 |
| |
| | Plant Technologies |
|
1,580 |
|
| | | Nutrition, etc |
| |
164 |
| | | Agronomic applications |
| |
833 |
| | | Physical structure and plant function |
| |
179 |
| | | Plant organisms, cultivars, germplasm |
| |
663 |
| | | Male sterility/self-incompatability |
| |
393 |
| | | Other plant technologies |
| |
301 |
| | Patented Organisms, non-plant |
|
446 |
|
| | | Transformed agricultural animals |
| |
2 |
| | | Cloned agricultural animals |
| |
8 |
| | | Other transgenic animals |
| |
2 |
| | | Microorganisms |
| |
272 |
| | | Fungi |
| |
198 |
| | Metabolic Pathways and Biological Processes in Plants |
|
526 |
|
| | | Plant growth regulators |
| |
440 |
| | | Enzymes |
| |
9 |
| | | Timing and control of gene expression |
| |
93 |
| | Metabolic Pathways and Biological Processes in Animals |
|
307 |
|
| | | Animal growth regulators |
| |
194 |
| | | Enzymes |
| |
4 |
| | | Timing and control of gene expression |
| |
115 |
| | | Animal reproduction |
| |
18 |
| | Protection, Nutrition and Biological Control of Plants and Animals |
|
625 |
|
| | | Biotechnology pest regulation |
| |
260 |
| | | Microorganisms used for biological control |
| |
236 |
| | | Microorganisms used for other plant protection purposes |
| |
155 |
| | | Fertilizer |
| |
12 |
| | | Food and food additives from biotechnology |
| |
198 |
| | Pharmaceuticals |
|
411 |
|
| | | Veterinary pharmaceuticals |
| |
217 |
| | | Human pharmaceuticals |
| |
28 |
| | | Antibodies |
| |
198 |
| | Genetic Transformation |
|
1,855 |
|
| | | Transformation platforms |
| |
338 |
| | | Mutagenesis |
| |
72 |
| | | Genetic markers |
| |
361 |
| | | Selectable marker techniques |
| |
270 |
| | | Culture growth, cell differentiation, etc. |
| |
825 |
| | | Transformation stability/heritability |
| |
13 |
| | | Diagnostic techniques |
| |
585 |
| | Metabolic Pathways and Biologic Processes, DNA-Scale |
|
499 |
|
| | | Recombination systems (CRELOX, FLP recombinase) |
| |
14 |
| | | RNA stability |
| |
10 |
| | | Protein stability |
| |
7 |
| | | Protein localization |
| |
15 |
| | | Transcription factor |
| |
35 |
| | | Transcriptional regulator |
| |
121 |
| | | Post-transcriptional regulation |
| |
54 |
| | | Receptor |
| |
108 |
| | | T-DNA (plant only) |
| |
71 |
| | | Ds element, Ac element (plant only) |
| |
1 |
| | | Spm element (plant only) |
| |
5 |
| | | Activation tagging |
| |
15 |
| | | Gene tagging |
| |
61 |
| | | Post-translational modification |
| |
123 |
| | Genomics |
|
110 |
|
| | | DNA microarray |
| |
4 |
| | | Genome or EST sequencing |
| |
18 |
| | | High-throughput DNA sequencing |
| |
9 |
| | | Proteomics (including gene expression systems) |
| |
13 |
| | | Protein sequencing |
| |
8 |
| | | RDA (representational difference analysis) |
| |
6 |
| | | SAGE (serial analysis of gene expression) |
| |
1 |
| | | Subtractive hybridization |
| |
20 |
| | | Chromosome walking |
| |
3 |
| | | Bioinformatics: DNA and protein sequence analysis |
| |
41 |
| | | Bioinformatics: data storage and manipulation |
| |
2 |
| | Unclassified |
|
591 |
|
| Note: Technology classifications are not mutually exclusive. |
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