Data Sets

Agricultural Biotechnology Intellectual Property: Standard Tables

Patent holder links take you to the relevant patent list within the Detail table.

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
		Number
1	MONSANTO CO., INC.	674
2	DU PONT, E.I. DE NEMOURS AND CO.	565
3	PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.	449
4	U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	315
5	SYNGENTA	284
6	NOVARTIS AG	230
7	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA	221
8	BASF AG	217
9	DOW CHEMICAL CO.	214
10	HOECHST JAPAN LTD.	207
11	MYCOGEN PLANT SCIENCE, INC.	196
12	BAYER AG	184
13	ROCHE HOLDINGS	141
14	ADVANTA TECHNOLOGY LTD.	137
15	AJINOMOTO CO. INC.	128
16	AVENTIS CROPSCIENCE	126
17	AMERICAN CYANAMID CO.	124
18	ZENECA LTD.	113
19	DEKALB GENETICS CORP.	112
20	ELI LILLY AND CO.	110
21	CORNELL UNIVERSITY	102
22	NOVO-NORDISK A/S	96
23	MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY	94
24	WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION	92
25	ASGROW SEED CO.	91
26	CALGENE L.L.C.	91
27	AKZO NOBEL BV	86
28	CIBA-GEIGY AG	85
29	KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD	84
30	IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY	78
31	IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC	76
32	CHIRON CORP.	75
33	NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS, INC.	75
34	Individual inventor	68
35	SAVIA	67
36	APPLERA CORPORATION	64
37	NESTEC, S.A.	64
38	HOLDEN'S FOUNDATION FEEDS, INC.	63
39	BECTON, DICKINSON AND CO.	62
40	PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS	62
41	MERCK & CO., INC.	59
42	UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA	57
43	UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	57
44	INVITROGEN CORPORATION	56
45	NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY	56
46	MASSACHUSETTS INST. OF TECHNOLOGY	55
47	INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA)	53
48	LIFE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	53
49	ABBOT LABORATORIES	52
50	HARVARD COLLEGE	52
51	PERKIN-ELMER CORP.	52
52	GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL	51
53	DNA PLANT TECHNOLOGY	50
54	GIST-BROCADES N.V.	50
55	SANDOZ LTD.	50
56	INSTITUT PASTEUR	49
57	PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION	49
58	UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V.	49
59	UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION	49
60	HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.	48
61	CETUS CORP.	47
62	RHONE-POULENC S.A.	47
63	BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH	46
64	U.S. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	46
65	SALK INST. FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES	45
66	GENENTECH, INC.	43
67	CPC INTERNATIONAL INC.	41
68	PHARMACIA AB	41
69	AMOCO CORP.	40
70	BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY LIMITED	40
71	GENERAL HOSPITAL CORP.	40
72	PARTNERS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC	40
73	RUTGERS UNIVERSITY	40
74	MICROLIFE TECHNICS, INC.	39
75	STANFORD UNIVERSITY	39
76	LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY	38
77	STINE SEED FARM, INC.	38
78	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS	38
79	AMERSHAM INTERNATIONAL LTD.	37
80	GLAXOSMITHKLEIN	37
81	W. R. GRACE AND CO.	36
82	LUBRIZOL CORP.	34
83	TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD.	34
84	BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE	33
85	SUMITOMO INDUSTRIES, LTD.	33
86	UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN	33
87	GEN-PROBE INC.	32
88	JAPAN MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES	32
89	PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO.	32
90	SUNY RESEARCH FOUNDATION	32
91	COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO)	30
92	TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY	30
93	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND	30
94	HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K.	29
95	LUBRIZOL GENETICS, INC.	29
96	SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD.	29
97	WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY	29
98	SCHERING AG	28
99	STRATAGENE	28
100	ECOGEN INC.	27
Note: Patent assignees and subsequent determinations of locations are based on USPTO assignee data, which might be missing, incomplete, or indicate multiple assignees per patent. Multiple spellings or abbreviations have been consolidated to a single assignee identification.

Date created: 5/27/2004 12:43:57 PM

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Updated date: August 26, 2004