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Top 100 patent holders, U.S. and non-U.S. entities (including subsidiaries)
Rank U.S. and non-U.S. entities (including subsidiaries) Utility patents held
    Title (patent number)  
 Number
1 MONSANTO CO., INC. 674
     Method for increasing the sucrose content of growing plants (3961934)  
     N-phosphonomethylglycine phenyl hydrazides (3972915)  
     Chemical regulation of plant growth (3979201)  
     Dithio and thiol carbamates as plant growth regulants (3992185)  
     Use of 3-substituted benzothiazolines as plant growth regulants (3993468)  
     Increasing sucrose content of sugar cane employing N-phenylsulfonamido-N-phosphonomethyl glycine and certain derivatives thereof (3996040)  
     Preparing a reactor containing enzymes attached to dialdehyde cellulose (4013514)  
     Increasing sucrose content of sugarcane plants with N-phosphonomethylglycinamides (4025332)  
     Treatment of sugarcane with N-(perfluoroacyl)-N-phosphonomethyl glycine (4047926)  
     Use of benzothiazoline compounds as plant growth regulants (4049419)  
     Alkoxycarbonylbenzyltrialkylphosphonium salts (4053501)  
     N-Organo-N-phosphonomethylglycine-N-oxides and plant growth regulant and phytotoxicant compositions containing same (4062669)  
     N-(2-hydroxyalkyl) derivatives of N-phosphonomethylglycine for treatment of sugarcane (4063922)  
     Plant growth regulators (4066435)  
     Use of pyridyl phthalimides as plant growth regulants (4072499)  
     Certain benzothiazolin-2-one derivatives (4075216)  
     Use of pyridyl phthalamic acids as plant growth regulants (4086078)  
     Plant growth regulators (4094661)  
     Use of phthalanilic acids to regulate the growth of corn plants (4108632)  
     Substituted phthalimides for regulating the growth of plants (4124375)  
     Oxadiazol-3-yl-benzoates as plant growth regulants (4135910)  
     Aryl-3-isoxazole benzoates as plant growth regulants and herbicides (4140515)  
     3-Aryl-4-isoxazolecarboxylic acids as plant growth regulants (4144047)  
     Phthalic dianilides and their use as plant growth regulators (4146386)  
     Alkylthioalkyl esters of 2-oxo-3-benzothiazolineacetic acid as plant growth regulators (4149871)  
     Thiolcarbamates as plant growth regulators (4154600)  
     Substituted benzothiazolines and their use as plant growth regulants (4160658)  
     Phosphinylphthalimidines and their use as plant growth regulants (4164406)  
     N-substituted oxybenzothiazoline derivatives and their use as plant growth regulants (4171213)  
     Bicyclothiadiazinones (4182623)  
     Imides derived from 2-oxo-3-benzothiazolineacetic acid and butyric acid (4185990)  
     N-hydrazides of 2-benzothiazolinone as plant growth regulants (4187097)  
     3'-(Substituted phenyl)-spiro[isobenzofuran-1(3H),5'(4'H)-isoxazol]-3-ones (4209629)  
     N-Substituted oxobenzothiazolines and their use as plant growth regulators (4210439)  
     2[5-(3-Trifluoromethylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl] benzoates (4210762)  
     Aryl-3-isoxazole benzoates (4219351)  
     Plant growth regulators (4226615)  
     N-Substituted oxobenzothiazoline and oxobenzoxazoline derivatives and their use as plant growth regulants (4227915)  
     Novel glycoproteins from bovine cartilage (4243582)  
     Use of substituted-3-phenacylidenephthalides as corn plant growth regulants (4255181)  
     Substituted pyridyl phthalamic acids and their use as plant growth regulants (4261730)  
     Method of culturing microcarrier supported cells (4266032)  
     Method and composition for plant growth regulation containing trifluoromethyl 1,3,4 oxadiazol benzoates (4268299)  
     N-(Pyridylmethyl)-2-oxobenzothiazoline derivatives and their use as plant growth regulants (4282029)  
     Imidamides derived from 2-oxo-3-benzothiazoline acetic acid plant growth regulants (4283220)  
     Alpha-chloro-alkoxymethyl-N-(2,6-dialkoxyphenyl)acetamides as effective turfgrass regulants (4288242)  
     Cell culture method and apparatus (4289854)  
     Imides derived from 2-thioxo-3-benzox(thia)azoline acetic, and propionic acids (4289886)  
     N-Substituted benzothiazolines substituted with thiol esters useful as herbicides and plant growth regulants (4308052)  
     N-(Alkoxymethyl)-2'-nitro-6'-substituted-2-haloacetanilides and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulants (4334909)  
     Method of growing anchorage-dependent cells (4335215)  
     N-Substituted benzothiazolines and benzoxazolines and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulants (4336060)  
     Method for using nicotinic acid derivatives as plant growth regulants (4347075)  
     Imides derived from 2-thioxo-3-benzox(thia)azoline acetic, and propionic acids (4362547)  
     3'-(Substituted phenyl)-spiro[isobenzofuran-1(3H),5'(4'H)-isoxazol]-3-ones and their use as plant growth regulants (4364768)  
     Semi-dwarf maize and method (4368592)  
     3-Substituted aminoalkyl-2-benzothiazolinones as plant growth regulants (4371388)  
     N-Amides of 2-benzothiazolinone (4398940)  
     Imides derived from 2-thioxo-3-(benzox (thia) azoline acetic and propionic acids (4422865)  
     N-Substituted xanthate benzothiazoline and related derivatives (4427436)  
     N-Substituted-oxobenzothiazoline derivatives useful as plant growth regulants (4432785)  
     N-Organo-phosphonomethylglycine-N-oxides and the use thereof to increase the sucrose content of sugarcane (4435204)  
     Plant tissue culture device (4531324)  
     Medium for plant protoplast culture (4533636)  
     Inhibition resistant 5-enolpyruvyl-3-phosphoshikimate synthetase, production and use (4535060)  
     Static cell culture maintenance system (4537860)  
     Assay method and probe for polynucleotide sequences (4556643)  
     Stabilization of L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase enzyme (4562151)  
     Inbred corn line (4594810)  
     Hybrid corn plants with improved standability (4607453)  
     Iron deficiency chlorosis resistant soybean variety (4626610)  
     Novel hybrid corn plant (4629819)  
     Method of somatotropin naturation (4652630)  
     Genic male-sterile maize (4654465)  
     Inbred corn line (4654466)  
     Grass seed head suppression process (4664697)  
     Protogyny in Zea mays (4677246)  
     Method of somatotropin solubilization and naturation using dimethylsulfoxide (4694073)  
     Genic male-sterile maize using a linked marker gene (4727219)  
     Method of somatotropin solubilization using dimethylsulfone and naturation (4731440)  
     Gametocides (4735649)  
     Plant cell microinjection technique (4743548)  
     2,6-bis(trifluoromethyl)-3-hydroxycarbonyl pyridine, salts and gametocides (4747871)  
     Marker genes in pseudomonad bacteria (4753876)  
     Novel method and compositions for introducting alien DNA in vivo (4762785)  
     Inhibition resistant 5-enolpyruvyl-3-phosphoshikimate synthase, production and use (4769061)  
     Growth factors (4783524)  
     PG gene and its use in plants (4801540)  
     Serine protease inhibitors (4829052)  
     RecA promoter dependent polypeptide production (4843006)  
     Production of proteins in procaryotes (4861868)  
     Bacterial agricultural inoculants (4875921)  
     Glyphosate-resistant plants (4940835)  
     Fruit specific transcriptional factors (4943674)  
     Mammalian peptide expression in plant cells (4956282)  
     Certain-2,6-diphenyl-1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-nicotinates which are useful for inducing male sterility in cereal grain plants (4964896)  
     Virus-resistant plants (4970168)  
     Glyphosate-tolerant 5-enolpyruvyl-3-phosphoshikimate synthase (4971908)  
     Method of folding somatotropins (4975529)  
     Prolonged release of biologically active polypeptides (4985404)  
     Method of regenerating soybeans from cultured soybean cotyledonary nodes (4992375)  
     Microassay for detection of DNA and RNA (4996144)  
     Genetic engineering of cotton plants and lines (5004863)  
     Prolonged release of biologically active somatotropin (5013713)  
     Particle-mediated transformation of soybean plants and lines (5015580)  
     Method of somatotropin naturation (5023323)  
     Chimeric genes suitable for expression in plant cells (5034322)  
     Allatostatins which inhibit insect juvenile hormone biosynthesis (5039792)  
     DNA sequence encoding metallocarboxypeptidase inhibitor protein (5045460)  
     Inbred corn line LH195 (5059745)  
     1-aryl-1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-5-carboxypyridazine derivatives and their use as plant growth regulators and hybridizing agents (5062880)  
     Novel method and compositions for introducing alien DNA in vivo (5068193)  
     Release of recombinant peptides from polypeptides using V8 endopeptidase (5087564)  
     Encapsulation of biological material in non-ionic polymer beads (5089407)  
     Somatotropin variants and their use (5089473)  
     Inhibition resistant 5-enolpyruvyl-3-phosphoshikimate synthase, production and use (5094945)  
     CaMv 355 enhanced mannopine synthase promoter and method for using same (5106739)  
     Anti-sense regulation of gene expression in plant cells (5107065)  
     Method of somatotropin naturation using urea and a soluble organic alcohol (5109117)  
     Acyl carrier protein - DNA sequence and synthesis (5110728)  
     Variant proteins and polypeptides possessing enhanced affinity for immobilized-metal affinity matrices (5115102)  
     Variant somatotropin-encoding DNA (5130422)  
     Improved probes using nucleosides containing 3-dezauracil analogs (5134066)  
     Embryogenic callus and cell suspensions of corn inbred B73 (5134074)  
     Glyphosate-tolerant 5-endolpyruvyl-3-phosphoshikimate synthase (5145783)  
     Method of shifting the fatty acid distribution in plastids towards shorter-chained species by using thioesterase II and acyl carrier protein (5147792)  
     Apparatus for genetic transformation (5149655)  
     Serine protease inhibitors (5157019)  
     Genetic engineering of cotton plants and lines (5159135)  
     Hybridization of sunflowers and safflowers (5169429)  
     Ovary-tissue transcriptional factors (5175095)  
     Plant elongation factor promoters, coding sequences and uses (5177011)  
     Compositions and methods for modulation of endogenous cytokinin levels (5177307)  
     Insecticidal toxins in plants (5177308)  
     Method for purifying somatotropin monomers (5182369)  
     Virus resistant plants (5185253)  
     Plant proteins, promoters, coding sequences and use (5187267)  
     Glyphosate-resistant plants (5188642)  
     Transformation and foreign gene expression in brassica species (5188958)  
     Combatting plant insect pests with plant-colonizing microorganisms containing the toxin gene B. thuringiensis as a chromosomal insertion (5229112)  
     Enhanced protein production in bacteria by employing a novel ribosome binding site (5232840)  
     Method for improving the efficacy of insect toxins (5250515)  
     Heterologous dominant conditional lethal gene which is a phosphonate monoester hydrolase and use thereof in plants (5254801)  
     Inbred corn line LH213 (5276259)  
     Inbred corn line LH212 (5276260)  
     Inbred corn line LH210 (5276262)  
     Inbred corn line LH216 (5276263)  
     Inbred corn line LH172 (5276266)  
     Inbred corn line LH159 (5276267)  
     Inbred corn line LH163 (5285001)  
     Inbred corn line LH204 (5285003)  
     Inbred corn line LH200 (5285005)  
     Plant medium-chain-preferring acyl-ACP thioesterases and related methods (5298421)  
     Plant thioesterase having preferential hydrolase activity toward C12 acyl-acp substrate (5304481)  
     Inbred corn line LH206 (5304712)  
     Inbred corn line LH181 (5304713)  
     Inbred corn line LH164 (5304714)  
     Inbred corn line LH199 (5304715)  
     Inbred corn line LH197 (5304716)  
     Inbred corn line LH198 (5304717)  
     Inbred corn line LH167 (5304726)  
     Inbred corn line LH217 (5304727)  
     Virus resistant plants and method therefore (5304730)  
     Glyphosate-tolerant 5-enolpyruvyl-3-phosphoshikimate synthases (5310667)  
     Glyphosate-tolerant 5-enolpyruvyl-3-phosphoshikimate synthase (5312910)  
     Acyl carrier protein - DNA sequence and synthesis (5315001)  
     Isolated microspore and anther culture of corn (5322789)  
     DNA sequence for enhancing the efficiency of transcription (5322938)  
     Plant thiosterases (5344771)  
     Method of producing recombinant eukaryotic viruses in bacteria (5348886)  
     Glycogen biosynthetic enzymes in plants (5349123)  
     Insect-resistant lettuce plants (5349124)  
     Chimeric genes for transforming plant cells using viral promoters (5352605)  
     Method for enhanced expression of a protein (5359142)  
     Method to increase anaerobic fermentation rates (5362639)  
     Enhanced expression in plants using non-translated leader sequences (5362865)  
     Fatty acyl reductases (5370996)  
     Allelic variants of bovine somatotropin gene:genetic marker for superior milk production in bovine (5374523)  
     Promoter for transgenic plants (5378619)  
     Genetic transformation of maize cells by electroporation of cells pretreated with pectin degrading enzymes (5384253)  
     Inbred corn line LH211 (5387743)  
     Chromosomal expression vector (5395763)  
     Production of proteins in procaryotes (5399489)  
     Fatty acyl reductase (5403918)  
     Apparatus for genetic transformation (5405779)  
     Fatty acyl reductases (5411879)  
     Method for soybean transformation and regeneration (5416011)  
     Inbred corn line LH225 (5416255)  
     Inbred corn lines LH185 (5416261)  
     Inbred corn line LH186 (5416262)  
     Seed-specific transcriptional regulation (5420034)  
     Method for enhanced expression of a DNA sequence of interest (5424200)  
     Enhanced expression in plants (5424412)  
     Methods and compositions of a hybrid genetic corn complement, DK554 (5424483)  
     Inbred corn line LH218 (5436387)  
     Inbred corn line LH169 (5436388)  
     Hybrid genetic complement and corn plant DK570 (5436389)  
     Hybrid genetic complement and corn plant DK671 (5444177)  
     Jojoba wax biosynthesis gene (5445947)  
     Isolated microscope and anther culture of maize (5445961)  
     Methods and compositions of a hybrid genetic corn complement, DK743 (5449855)  
     Hybrid genetic complement and corn plant DK451 (5451705)  
     Antisense regulation of gene expression in plant/cells (5453566)  
     Medium-chain thioesterases in plants (5455167)  
     Inbred corn line LH168 (5457275)  
     Transformation and foreign gene expression in Brassica species (5463174)  
     Glyphosate tolerant plants (5463175)  
     Stable transformation of maize cells by electroporation (5472869)  
     Immobilized proteins in cotton fiber (5474925)  
     Prolonged release of biologically active somatotropins (5474980)  
     Plant fatty acid synthases (5475099)  
     Fertile transgenic Zea mays plant comprising heterologous DNA encoding Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin (5484956)  
     Process of producing fertile transgenic zea mays plants and progeny comprising a gene encoding phosphinothricin acetyl transferase (5489520)  
     Inbred corn line LH225 (5491293)  
     Imbred corn line LH185 (5491294)  
     Inbred corn line LH176 (5491296)  
     Process for predicting the phenotypic trait of yield in maize (5492547)  
     Inbred corn line LH252 (5495067)  
     Inbred corn line LH231 (5495068)  
     Genetically engineering cotton plants for altered fiber (5495070)  
     Insect resistant tomato and potato plants (5495071)  
     Decreased oil content in plant seeds (5498830)  
     Synthetic plant genes (5500365)  
     Plant transformation process with early identification of germ line transformation events (5503998)  
     Virus resistant plants (5503999)  
     Gene delivery instrument with replaceable cartridges (5506125)  
     Fertile transgenic corn plants (5508468)  
     Plants resistant to infection by PLRV (5510253)  
     Control of fruit ripening and senescence in plants (5512466)  
     Plant thioesterases (5512482)  
     Method of controlling plant pathogens (5516671)  
     Method of controlling insects (5518908)  
     Genetically engineering cotton plants for altered fiber (5521078)  
     Coanda effect gene delivery instrument (5525510)  
     Use of ovary-tissue transcriptional factors (5530185)  
     Sequences preferentially expressed in early seed development and methods related thereto (5530194)  
     Chimeric genes for transforming plant cells using viral promoters (5530196)  
     Tomato fruit promoters (5536653)  
     Method for preparing fertile transgenic corn plants (5538877)  
     Superoxide dismutase expression in plants (5538878)  
     Method for preparing fertile transgenic corn plants (5538880)  
     Inbred corn line LH189 (5545811)  
     Enhanced expression in a plant plastid (5545817)  
     Expression of Bacillus thuringiensis cry proteins in plant plastids (5545818)  
     Molecular farming (5550038)  
     Methods and compositions for the production of stably transformed, fertile monocot plants and cells thereof (5550318)  
     Method of controlling insects (5554369)  
     Fertile glyphosate-resistant transgenic corn plants (5554798)  
     Method of controlling insects (5558862)  
     Plant lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferases (5563058)  
     Transformation and regeneration system for legumes (5565346)  
     Transformation and foreign gene expression with plant species (5565347)  
     Method for soybean transformation and regeneration (5569834)  
     Controlled expression of transgenic constructs in plant plastids (5576198)  
     Inbred corn line 7054 (5576473)  
     Soybean cultivar A1923 (5576474)  
     Soybean cultivar HT261STS (5576475)  
     Soybean cultivar A3732 (5576476)  
     Soybean cultivar A2704 (5576477)  
     Geminivirus-based gene expression system (5589379)  
     Plant promoter (5589583)  
     Hybrid corn with a genetic complement producing increased yield, seedling vigor, early stand, stalk strength and low harvest moisture (5589605)  
     Virus resistant plants transformed with a PVY protease gene (5589612)  
     Enhanced expression in plants (5593874)  
     Prolonged release of biologically active polypeptides (5595971)  
     Genetically engineering cotton plants for altered fiber (5597718)  
     Soybean cultivar 9243035090 (5602319)  
     Soybean cultivar A4922 (5602320)  
     Transgenic cotton plants producing heterologous polyhydroxy(e) butyrate bioplastic (5602321)  
     Soybean cultivar A3834 (5608141)  
     Insecticidal cotton plants (5608142)  
     Transgenic cotton plants producing heterologous peroxidase (5608148)  
     Enhanced starch biosynthesis in tomatoes (5608149)  
     Fruit specific promoters (5608150)  
     Seed-specific transcriptional regulation (5608152)  
     Bacillus thuringiensis cryET5 gene and related plasmids, bacteria and insecticides (5616319)  
     Genetically engineering cotton plants for altered fiber (5620882)  
     Cucumber mosaic virus coat protein gene (5623066)  
     Soybean cultivar 9246337447 (5625134)  
     Inbred corn line LH233 (5625135)  
     Glyphosate-tolerant 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthases (5627061)  
     Molecular farming (5629175)  
     Rapid and efficient regeneration of transgenic plants (5631152)  
     Aldehyde dehydrogenase selectable markers for plant transformation (5633153)  
     Inbredcorn line LH262 (5633428)  
     Inbred corn line LH227 (5633429)  
     Soybean cultivar A3134 (5633430)  
     Soybean cultivar 9142105423 (5633431)  
     Glyphosate-tolerant 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthases (5633435)  
     Plant medium-chain thioesterases (5639790)  
     Inbred corn line LH226 (5639941)  
     Inbred corn line LH235 (5639942)  
     Inbred corn line LH234 (5639943)  
     Soybean cultivar 91119238595 (5639944)  
     Soybean cultivar 8816075696 (5639945)  
     Method of improving the quality of stored potatoes (5648249)  
     Soybean cultivar 89150792 (5648595)  
     Soybean cultivar 8967515073 (5648596)  
     Geminivirus-based gene expression system (5650303)  
     Soybean cultivar 93127627010 (5650552)  
     DNA comprising lamb secretion signal sequence and mature IGF-1 sequence (5652139)  
     Production of myristate in plant cells (5654495)  
     Soybean cultivar A5545 (5659111)  
     Soybean cultivar A5547 (5659113)  
     Soybean cultivar 88154622393 (5659114)  
     Soybean cultivar 9106132452 (5659115)  
     Soybean cultivator 927113675 (5659116)  
     Soybean cultivar 924156915 (5659117)  
     Soybean cultivar 9241565976 (5659118)  
     Soybean cultivar 9270518003 (5659119)  
     Soybean cultivar 928933959 (5659120)  
     Enhanced expression in plants using non-translated leader sequences (5659122)  
     Sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS), its process for preparation its cDNA, and utilization of cDNA to modify the expression of SPS in plant cells (5665892)  
     C8 and C10 medium-chain thioesterases in plants (5667997)  
     Soybean cultivar 9106132516 (5675067)  
     Somatic embryogenesis and transformation of squash (5677157)  
     Bacillus thuringiensis cryET4 and cryET5 protein insecticidal composition and method of use (5679343)  
     Nucleic acid sequences encoding a plant cytoplasmic protein involved in fatty acyl-CoA metabolism (5679881)  
     Inbred corn line LH177 (5684227)  
     Soybean cultivar 91112039947 (5684229)  
     Soybean cultivar 91348793299 (5684233)  
     Soybean cultivar 9135779311780 (5684234)  
     Soybean cultivar 91339893433 (5684235)  
     Soybean cultivar 9106309321829 (5684236)  
     Soybean cultivar 86185896223 (5684237)  
     Soybean cultivar 902437929045 (5689037)  
     Synthetic DNA sequences having enhanced expression in monocotyledonous plants and method for preparation thereof (5689052)  
     Control of fruit ripening and senescence in plants (5702933)  
     Soybean cultivar 924181339 (5710368)  
     Inbred corn line ASG06 (5714671)  
     Expression of sucrose phosphorylase in plants (5716837)  
     Plant desaturases--compositions and uses (5723595)  
     Inbred corn line ASG05 (5723731)  
     Soybean cultivar 9063092096 (5723732)  
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