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., 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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Updated date: August 26, 2004