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Agricultural Biotechnology Intellectual Property: Standard Tables
Detail
Utility patents held by U.S. government (Federal and State), by technology class and subclass
 Utility patents
U.S. government (Federal and State) and technology     All     Technology
class		 Technology
subclass
 Number
Total utility patents held by U.S. government (Federal and State) 421           
     Plant Technologies       67      
          Nutrition, etc            27
          Agronomic applications            25
          Physical structure and plant function            14
          Plant organisms, cultivars, germplasm            1
          Male sterility/self-incompatability            7
          Other plant technologies            16
     Patented Organisms, non-plant       44      
          Cloned agricultural animals            1
          Microorganisms            14
          Fungi            29
     Metabolic Pathways and Biological Processes in Plants       21      
          Plant growth regulators            19
          Timing and control of gene expression            2
     Metabolic Pathways and Biological Processes in Animals       23      
          Animal growth regulators            13
          Timing and control of gene expression            6
          Animal reproduction            4
     Protection, Nutrition and Biological Control of Plants and Animals       137      
          Biotechnology pest regulation            46
          Microorganisms used for biological control            73
          Microorganisms used for other plant protection purposes            32
          Food and food additives from biotechnology            38
     Pharmaceuticals       78      
          Veterinary pharmaceuticals            49
          Human pharmaceuticals            2
          Antibodies            35
     Genetic Transformation       140      
          Transformation platforms            25
          Mutagenesis            7
          Genetic markers            10
          Selectable marker techniques            12
          Culture growth, cell differentiation, etc.            42
          Diagnostic techniques            70
     Metabolic Pathways and Biologic Processes, DNA-Scale       22      
          Recombination systems (CRELOX, FLP recombinase)            4
          Protein localization            1
          Transcription factor            2
          Transcriptional regulator            4
          Post-transcriptional regulation            2
          Receptor            2
          Spm element (plant only)            1
          Activation tagging            2
          Gene tagging            9
          Post-translational modification            5
     Genomics       7      
          High-throughput DNA sequencing            1
          Proteomics (including gene expression systems)            2
          Subtractive hybridization            2
          Bioinformatics: DNA and protein sequence analysis            2
     Unclassified       73      
Note: Technology classifications are not mutually exclusive.
Date created: 5/27/2004 12:24:53 PM

 
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