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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., companies only (including subsidiaries)
Rank U.S. and non-U.S., companies only (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 SYNGENTA 284
5 NOVARTIS AG 230
6 BASF AG 217
7 DOW CHEMICAL CO. 214
8 HOECHST JAPAN LTD. 207
9 MYCOGEN PLANT SCIENCE, INC. 196
10 BAYER AG 184
11 ROCHE HOLDINGS 141
12 ADVANTA TECHNOLOGY LTD. 137
13 AJINOMOTO CO. INC. 128
14 AVENTIS CROPSCIENCE 126
15 AMERICAN CYANAMID CO. 124
16 ZENECA LTD. 113
17 DEKALB GENETICS CORP. 112
18 ELI LILLY AND CO. 110
19 NOVO-NORDISK A/S 96
20 ASGROW SEED CO. 91
21 CALGENE L.L.C. 91
22 AKZO NOBEL BV 86
23 CIBA-GEIGY AG 85
24 KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD 84
25 IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC 76
26 CHIRON CORP. 75
27 NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS, INC. 75
28 SAVIA 67
29 APPLERA CORPORATION 64
30 NESTEC, S.A. 64
31 HOLDEN'S FOUNDATION FEEDS, INC. 63
32 BECTON, DICKINSON AND CO. 62
33 PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS 62
34 MERCK & CO., INC. 59
35 INVITROGEN CORPORATION 56
36 LIFE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 53
37 ABBOT LABORATORIES 52
38 PERKIN-ELMER CORP. 52
39 GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL 51
40 DNA PLANT TECHNOLOGY 50
41 GIST-BROCADES N.V. 50
42 SANDOZ LTD. 50
43 UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. 49
44 HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. 48
45 CETUS CORP. 47
46 RHONE-POULENC S.A. 47
47 BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH 46
48 GENENTECH, INC. 43
49 CPC INTERNATIONAL INC. 41
50 PHARMACIA AB 41
51 AMOCO CORP. 40
52 BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY LIMITED 40
53 GENERAL HOSPITAL CORP. 40
54 PARTNERS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC 40
55 MICROLIFE TECHNICS, INC. 39
56 STINE SEED FARM, INC. 38
57 AMERSHAM INTERNATIONAL LTD. 37
58 GLAXOSMITHKLEIN 37
59 W. R. GRACE AND CO. 36
60 LUBRIZOL CORP. 34
61 TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. 34
62 SUMITOMO INDUSTRIES, LTD. 33
63 GEN-PROBE INC. 32
64 PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. 32
65 HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. 29
66 LUBRIZOL GENETICS, INC. 29
67 SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 29
68 SCHERING AG 28
69 STRATAGENE 28
70 ECOGEN INC. 27
71 RESEARCH CORPORATION TECHNIQUES, INC. 27
72 UPJOHN CO. 27
73 DADE BEHRING INC. 26
74 HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 26
75 MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORP. 26
76 CARGILL, INC. 25
77 INSTITUT MERIEUX 25
78 JAPAN TOBACCO INC. 25
79 AMGEN 24
80 GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. . 24
81 KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. 24
82 MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. 24
83 WEYERHAEUSER CO. 24
84 AGRACETUS MADISON CORP. 23
85 CHEVRON RESEARCH CO. 23
86 CHEVRONTEXACO CORP 23
87 NEXSTAR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 23
88 DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC. 22
89 SUNTORY LTD. 21
90 TYCO INTERNATIONAL (US) INC. 21
91 AFFYMETRIX, INC. 20
92 DIVERSA CORP. 20
93 PFIZER INC. 20
94 PROMEGA CORP. 20
95 AGRICULTURAL GENETICS CO., LTD. 19
96 MITSUI PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. 19
97 SIBIA NEUROSCIENCES, INC. 19
98 SYNTRO CORP. 19
99 TOYO BOSEKI K. K. 19
100 BIOSOURCE GENETICS CORP. 18
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 12:46:19 PM

 
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