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Agricultural Biotechnology Intellectual Property: Standard Tables
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Utility patents held by non-U.S. universities and nonprofits, by technology class and subclass
 Utility patents
Non-U.S. universities and nonprofits and technology     All     Technology
class		 Technology
subclass
 Number
Total utility patents held by Non-U.S. universities and nonprofits 443           
     Plant Technologies       87      
          Nutrition, etc            12
          Agronomic applications            51
          Physical structure and plant function            19
          Male sterility/self-incompatability            14
          Other plant technologies            27
     Patented Organisms, non-plant       51      
          Cloned agricultural animals            1
          Other transgenic animals            1
          Microorganisms            29
          Fungi            24
     Metabolic Pathways and Biological Processes in Plants       63      
          Plant growth regulators            54
          Enzymes            2
          Timing and control of gene expression            8
     Metabolic Pathways and Biological Processes in Animals       44      
          Animal growth regulators            31
          Timing and control of gene expression            17
          Animal reproduction            4
     Protection, Nutrition and Biological Control of Plants and Animals       49      
          Biotechnology pest regulation            15
          Microorganisms used for biological control            18
          Microorganisms used for other plant protection purposes            8
          Food and food additives from biotechnology            21
     Pharmaceuticals       98      
          Veterinary pharmaceuticals            72
          Human pharmaceuticals            2
          Antibodies            41
     Genetic Transformation       171      
          Transformation platforms            36
          Genetic markers            21
          Selectable marker techniques            16
          Culture growth, cell differentiation, etc.            67
          Diagnostic techniques            70
     Metabolic Pathways and Biologic Processes, DNA-Scale       66      
          Recombination systems (CRELOX, FLP recombinase)            1
          RNA stability            3
          Protein stability            1
          Protein localization            1
          Transcription factor            8
          Transcriptional regulator            12
          Post-transcriptional regulation            4
          Receptor            12
          T-DNA (plant only)            6
          Ds element, Ac element (plant only)            1
          Activation tagging            2
          Gene tagging            6
          Post-translational modification            20
     Genomics       18      
          Genome or EST sequencing            3
          High-throughput DNA sequencing            4
          Proteomics (including gene expression systems)            5
          Protein sequencing            4
          Bioinformatics: DNA and protein sequence analysis            4
     Unclassified       76      
Note: Technology classifications are not mutually exclusive.
Date created: 5/27/2004 12:39:09 PM

 
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