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Agricultural Biotechnology Intellectual Property: Standard Tables
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Utility patents held by non-U.S. governments, by technology class and subclass
 Utility patents
Non-U.S. governments and technology     All     Technology
class		 Technology
subclass
 Number
Total utility patents held by Non-U.S. governments 369           
     Unclassified       58      
     Plant Technologies       77      
          Nutrition, etc            15
          Agronomic applications            29
          Physical structure and plant function            13
          Male sterility/self-incompatability            8
          Other plant technologies            27
     Patented Organisms, non-plant       67      
          Transformed agricultural animals            1
          Cloned agricultural animals            1
          Microorganisms            31
          Fungi            39
     Metabolic Pathways and Biological Processes in Plants       41      
          Plant growth regulators            32
          Timing and control of gene expression            12
     Metabolic Pathways and Biological Processes in Animals       31      
          Animal growth regulators            17
          Timing and control of gene expression            16
          Animal reproduction            1
     Protection, Nutrition and Biological Control of Plants and Animals       71      
          Biotechnology pest regulation            21
          Microorganisms used for biological control            31
          Microorganisms used for other plant protection purposes            8
          Fertilizer            2
          Food and food additives from biotechnology            27
     Pharmaceuticals       55      
          Veterinary pharmaceuticals            33
          Human pharmaceuticals            5
          Antibodies            28
     Genetic Transformation       142      
          Transformation platforms            50
          Mutagenesis            5
          Genetic markers            23
          Selectable marker techniques            8
          Culture growth, cell differentiation, etc.            44
          Transformation stability/heritability            1
          Diagnostic techniques            43
     Metabolic Pathways and Biologic Processes, DNA-Scale       38      
          Recombination systems (CRELOX, FLP recombinase)            1
          Protein stability            3
          Transcription factor            7
          Transcriptional regulator            9
          Post-transcriptional regulation            2
          Receptor            6
          T-DNA (plant only)            4
          Spm element (plant only)            1
          Activation tagging            2
          Gene tagging            4
          Post-translational modification            7
     Genomics       17      
          Genome or EST sequencing            1
          High-throughput DNA sequencing            1
          Proteomics (including gene expression systems)            11
          Bioinformatics: DNA and protein sequence analysis            4
Note: Technology classifications are not mutually exclusive.
Date created: 5/26/2004 8:45:09 AM

 
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