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Agricultural Biotechnology Intellectual Property: Standard Tables

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Summary
Top 25 patent holders, U.S. and non-U.S., governments only
Rank U.S. and non-U.S., governments only Utility patents held
    Title (patent number)  
 Number
1 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 315
     Semi-solid fermentation of straw (3937845)  
     Method of preparing feed grain compositions (3968254)  
     Solubilization of protein with ethanol-acetonitril-water solvent system (3975343)  
     Vaccine production process (4049494)  
     Method of producing soybean milk yoghurt (4066792)  
     Insolubilization of enzymes on modified phenolic polymers (4113567)  
     Cross-protective fowl cholera bacterins (4136169)  
     Vaccine for foot and mouth disease (4140763)  
     Method for insolubilizing enzymes on chitosan (4167447)  
     Process for in vivo transfer of cell-mediated immunity in mammals with alcoholic precipitates of Bovine Transfer factor (4180627)  
     Serum cell growth promoting materials (4189535)  
     Process for increasing oleoresin synthesis in pinus species (4203253)  
     Method of removing pigment from annatto seed (4204043)  
     Method of increasing the yield of hydrocarbons from plants (4204859)  
     Apparatus for fermenting liquids (4205133)  
     Process for improving the palatability of straw for animal feed (4243686)  
     Biological control system (4246258)  
     Foam flotation process for separating Bacillus thuringiensis sporultion products (4247644)  
     Tree rooting using synthetic auxins (4297125)  
     Method of controlling the European corn borer with trewiasine (4315929)  
     Method of increasing the yield of hydrocarbons from plants (4322242)  
     Turkey semen extender (4329337)  
     Erythro-9,10-Dihydroxyoctadecan-1-ol acetate a boll weevil anti-feedant (4337271)  
     Recessive tall--a fourth genetic element to facilitate hybrid cereal production (4351130)  
     Conversion of D-xylose to ethanol by the yeast Pachysolen tannophilus (4359534)  
     Propagation of hemorrhagic enteritis virus in a turkey cell line and vaccine produced (4388298)  
     Control of sicklepod, showy crotalaria, and coffee senna with a fungal pathogen (4390360)  
     Auxin compositions of N-phenyl and N-chloro phenyl indolyl-3-alkylene amides and their use as auxin growth regulators (4411684)  
     Process for conversion of cellulose to amino acids by radiofrequency plasma of nitrogen and hydrogen (4414084)  
     Auxin compositions of phenyl thioesters of indole-3-alkanoic acids and their use as auxin growth regulators (4415350)  
     Control of prickly sida, velvetleaf, and spurred anoda with fungal pathogens (4419120)  
     Strain of Corynebacterium Fascians and use thereof to reduce limonoid bitterness in citrus products (4447456)  
     Method for screening bacteria and application thereof for field control of diseases caused by Gaeumannomyces graminis (4456684)  
     Monoclonal antibodies to porcine immunoglobulins (4468346)  
     Sensitive and rapid diagnosis of viroid diseases and viruses (4480040)  
     Strain of Trichoderma viride to control fusarium wilt (4489161)  
     Preparation of an entomopathogenic fungal insect control agent (4530834)  
     Control of bean rust with Bacillus subtilis (4582704)  
     Irradiation alcohol fermentation process (4631258)  
     Bioherbicide for Florida beggarweed (4643756)  
     Method for screening bacteria and application thereof for field control of Pythium spp. on small grain crops (4647533)  
     Process for enhanced fermentation of xylose to ethanol (4663284)  
     Lactic acid bacteria which do not decarboxylate malic acid and fermentation therewith (4666849)  
     Preparation of pellets containing fungi and nutrient for control of soilborne plant pathogens (4668512)  
     Monoclonal antibodies to epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus antigen (4678746)  
     Novel enzymes which catalyze the degradation and modification of lignin (4687741)  
     Enhancement of nitrogen-fixation with rhizobial tan variants (4711656)  
     Control of eastern black nightshade with a fungal pathogen (4715881)  
     Control of pests with annonaceous acetogenins (4721727)  
     Method for controlling yellow nutsedge using Puccinia canaliculata (4731104)  
     Novel phytotoxic and plant growth regulating oligopeptide (4735651)  
     Postharvest biological control of stone fruit brown rot by bacillus subtilis (4764371)  
     Method for the preparation of mycoherbicide-containing pellets (4767441)  
     Control of parasitic nematode ova with Bacillus sphaericus (4781922)  
     Vaccine for swine trichinosis (4795633)  
     Yeast strains genetically engineered to produce wheat gluten proteins (4826765)  
     Enzyme immobilization with a hydrolyzed polysaccharide graft copolymer (4845035)  
     Control of pests with annonaceous acetogenins (4855319)  
     Starch encapsulation of entomopathogens (4859377)  
     Monoclonal antibodies to bluetongue virus antigen (4873189)  
     Heat-stable, salt-tolerant microbial xanthanase (4886746)  
     Synthetic gene for acyl carrier protein (4888282)  
     Revertant serotype 1 Marek's disease vaccine (4895717)  
     Serotype 2 Marek's disease vaccine (4895718)  
     Multiple embedded nuclear polyhedrosis virus from celery looper with activity against lepidoptera (4911913)  
     Octadienyl acetate synergist for the grape root borer pheromone (4931032)  
     Monoclonal antibodies to crystal protein of Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies israelensis (4945057)  
     Acetate selected bacillus thuringiensis and the method of use (4950471)  
     Biocontrol of grey-mold in pome fruits using Acremonium breve (4950472)  
     Simple and rapid method for detection of virulent Yersinia enterocolitica (4952497)  
     Control of insects by Roseotoxin B (4956343)  
     Monoclonal antibodies to soybean kunitz trypsin inhibitor and immunoassay methods (4959310)  
     Microbial production of L-altrose (4966845)  
     Cellulolytic, N.sub.2 -fixing bacteria and use thereof (4973559)  
     Control of insects by fungal tremorgenic mycotoxins (4973601)  
     Novel system for monitoring and controlling the papaya fruit fly (4992268)  
     Method for making a soluble dietary fiber composition from oats (4996063)  
     Avian herpesvirus amplicon as a eucaryotic expression vector (4996152)  
     Heat-stable, salt-tolerant microbial xanthanase (4996153)  
     Vectors for gene insertion into avian germ line (4997763)  
     Novel compositions and process for inhibiting digestion in blood-sucking insects (5011909)  
     Production of taxol or taxol-like compounds in cell culture (5019504)  
     Enhancement of nitrogen fixation with Bradyrhizobium japonicum mutants (5021076)  
     Novel virus composition to protect agricultural commodities from insects (5023182)  
     Bovine monoclonal antibodies to bovine herpesvirus I from sequential fusion heterohybridomas (5026646)  
     Method for screening bacteria and application thereof for field control of the weed downy brome (5030562)  
     Oligonucleotide probes complementary to and methods for distinguishing Treponema hyodysenteriae RNA sequences (5034315)  
     Control of hemp sesbania with a fungal pathogen Colletotrichum truncatum (5034328)  
     Avian interleukin-2 (5034513)  
     Pichia guilliermondii (Anamorph Candida guilliermondii) useful for the biological control of postharvest rots in fruits (5041384)  
     Control of parasitic nematode ova/larvae with a bacillus laterosporus (5045314)  
     Biological control of fruit rot (5047239)  
     Adherent, autoencapsulating spray formulations of biocontrol agents (5061697)  
     Fungal formulation for biocontrol of soilborne plant pathogens (5068105)  
     Lactose hydrolysis by mutant streptococcus thermophilus (5071763)  
     Method of making soluble dietary fiber compositions from cereals (5082673)  
     Acyl carrier protein-I/protein-A gene fusion, products and methods (5087563)  
     Bovine monoclonal antibodies to bovine herpesvirus I from sequential fusion heterohybrodimas (5087693)  
     Diagnostic and epidemiological nucleic acid probe for bovine leptospirosis (5091301)  
     Enzymatic processing of materials containing chromium and protein (5094946)  
     Monoclonal antibodies which discriminate between strains of citrus tristeza virus (5104789)  
     Cloned genes coding for avian coccidiosis antigens which induce a cell-mediated immune response (5122471)  
     Compositions and methods for biocontrol using fluorescent brighteners (5124149)  
     Xylose-fermenting yeast mutants (5126266)  
     Aromatic aldehydes and alcohols as potato tuber sprout inhibitors (5129951)  
     Monoclonal antibody immunoassay kit for avian reticuloendotheliosis virus (5130232)  
     DNAs Encoding mosquito oostatic hormones (5130253)  
     More virulent biotype isolated from wild-type virus (5132220)  
     Method to preselect the sex of offspring (5135759)  
     Method for producing lilium elegans (5138794)  
     Inhibition of potato spouting using volatile monoterpenes (5139562)  
     Biocontrol of jointed goatgrass (5163991)  
     Method to obtain intact, viable protoplasts from pollen grains (5169776)  
     Control or elimination of undesirable bacteria using parasitic Bdellovibrio bacteria (5171591)  
     Cloning of the Babesia bovis 60 KD antigen (5171685)  
     Brucella abortus antibody detection methods (5188936)  
     Adventitious citrus juice vesicles from pre-existing juice vesicles (5196336)  
     Lactose hydrolysis by mutant Streptococcus thermophilus (5198351)  
     Oligodeoxynucleotide probes for Campylobacter fetus and Campylobacter hyointestinalis (5202425)  
     Introduction of bacteria in ovo (5206015)  
     Salmonella-Selective plating medium (5208150)  
     Antibodies to cytokinins having a glycosylated isoprenoid side chain and immunoassay methods (5210077)  
     Quick assay for detection of salmonella (5212067)  
     Pseudorabies diagnosis probes (5215881)  
     Genetically engineered microorganisms containing a gene segment coding for a lipase from Rhizopus delemar (5219753)  
     Amylodextrin compositions and method therefor (5225219)  
     Approaches useful for the control of root nodulation of leguminous plants (5229114)  
     Method of altering sphingolipid metabolism and detecting fumonisin ingestion and contamination (5232837)  
     Diagnostic assays for genetic mutations associated with bovine leukocyte adhesion deficiency (5234810)  
     Hybridomas and monoclonal antibodies therefrom reactive toward antigens from Edwardsiella ictaluri (5238824)  
     Biocontrol of postharvest rots in fruit (5244680)  
     Production of eicosapentaenoic acid from filamentous fungi utilizing lactose as a primary carbon source (5246842)  
     Attached growth biological reactor (5246854)  
     Process for enzymatic ultrafiltration of deamidated protein (5250305)  
     Biological control of weeds using AAL-toxin (5256628)  
     Biological pesticide derived from Nicotiana plants (5260281)  
     Enzymatic production of maltohexaose-rich compositions (5266467)  
     Enzymatic processing of materials containing chromium and protein (5271912)  
     25 KD coccidial antigen of eimeria tenella (5279960)  
     Non-aflatoxigenic aspergillus parasiticus strains and their use in controlling aflatoxin contamination (5292661)  
     Method for the control or prevention of aflatoxin contamination using a non-toxigenic strain of Aspergillus flavus (5294442)  
     New matter of composition and method for using the same as plant bioregulators (5298483)  
     Probiotic for control of Salmonella (5308615)  
     Industrial alkaline protease from shipworm bacterium (5312749)  
     Inhibition of postharvest fruit decay by 2-nonanone (5334619)  
     Probiotic for control of salmonella (5340577)  
     Pheromonostatic peptide used to disrupt mating of the corn earworm, helicoverpa zea (5344821)  
     Anti-pathogenic bacterial strains of Pseudomonas fluorescens (5348742)  
     Pseudorabies virus deletion mutants involving the EPO and LLT genes (5352596)  
     Methods of high frequency tissue regeneration, regeneration of herbicide-tolerant populus plants therewith, and the herbicide-tolerant plants made thereby (5354943)  
     Biological treatment for controlling wood deteriorating fungi (5356624)  
     Starch-thickened acidic foodstuffs and method of preparation (5356655)  
     Oil and absorbent coated granules containing encapsulated living organisms for controlling agricultural pests (5358863)  
     Materials and methods for control of pests (5358934)  
     Xylanase from streptomyces roseiscleroticus NRRL-11019 for removing color from kraft wood pulps (5369024)  
     Recombinant fowlpox vaccine for protection against Marek's disease (5369025)  
     Species-specific DNA-DNA hybridization probe prepared using chromosome size DNA (5401630)  
     Vaccine comprising fowlpox virus recombinants expressing the envelope glycoprotein of an avian reticuloendotheliosis retrovirus (5403582)  
     Heliothis subflexa cell line for the production of baculoviruses (5405770)  
     Strains of Cryptococcus used to biologically control postharvest rots in fruit (5405778)  
     Inhibiting plant pathogens with an antagonistic microorganism(s) (5413783)  
     Olpidium zoospores as vectors of recombinant DNA to plants (5416010)  
     Detection of Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri by hybridization and polymerase chain reaction assays (5420009)  
     Gypsy moth virus with enhanced polyhedra production stability (5420031)  
     DNA encoding the Trichinella spirals 53kD excretory/secretory antigen for use as immunodiagnostic reagents (5422263)  
     Biological control of diseases of harvested agricultural commodities using strains of the yeast Candida oleophola (5425941)  
     Natural suppression of sprouting in stored potatoes using jasmonates (5436226)  
     DNA encoding peptide hormone that inhibits digestion in insects (5439821)  
     Method of administering IGF-1, IGF-2, and analogs thereof to birds (5444045)  
     Diagnostic assay for bacteria based on fragment amplification using insertion sequence location (5447844)  
     Monoclonal antibodies against chicken T-lymphocytes (5449610)  
     Nucosal competitive exclusion flora (5451400)  
     High affinity monoclonal antibodies to Bowman-Birk inhibitor and immunoassay methods (5459044)  
     Use of rumen contents from slaughter cattle for the production of lactic acid (5459053)  
     Method of protecting plants from insects by applying gypsy moth virus with enhanced polyhedra production stability (5462732)  
     Pasteurella haemolytica subunit vaccine containing capsular polysaccharide and muramyl dipeptide (5462735)  
     Monoclonal antibodies to salinomycin and method for detecting the same (5466784)  
     Industrial alkaline protease from shipworm bacterium (5474700)  
     Solid phase bioremediation methods using lignin-degrading fungi (5476788)  
     Probiotic for control of salmonella (5478557)  
     Indole antiinsectan metabolites from the ascostromata of Eupenicillium shearii (5492902)  
     Enhanced insect resistance in plants genetically engineered with a plant hormone gene involved in cytokinin biosynthesis (5496732)  
     Method of removing color from wood pulp using xylanase from streptomyces roseiscleroticus NRRL B-11019 (5498534)  
     Method of altering sphingolipid metabolism and detecting fumonisin ingestion and contamination (5518879)  
     Cloned Babesia DNA (5518916)  
     Herbicidal control of sicklepod and coffee senna with Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (5529773)  
     Hepatocyte cell line derived from the epiblast of pig blastocysts (5532156)  
     Production of fructan (levan) polyfructose polymers using bacillus polymyxa (5547863)  
     Monoclonal antibodies to bovine haptoglobin and methods for detecting serum haptoglobin levels (5552295)  
     Bacteria for the control of fusarium dry rot to potatoes (5552315)  
     Low enhancement serotype 2 vaccine for marek's disease (5565202)  
     Polysaccharide products derived from lesquerella fendleri and methods of their production (5567812)  
     Maize chlorotic dwarf virus and resistance thereto (5569828)  
     Gypsy moth genotype assay (5571672)  
     Plant virus resistance gene and methods (5571706)  
     Pasteurella haemolytica transformants (5587305)  
     Composition containing 2-deoxy-D-glucose and Candida saitoana and a method of use for the biological control of postharvest diseases (5591429)  
     DNA sequence encoding surface protein of cryptosporidium parvum (5591434)  
     Probiotic for control of Salmonella in fowl produced by continuous culture of fecal/cecal material (5604127)  
     Non-infectious foot-and-mouth disease viruses (5612040)  
     Monoclonal antibodies to potato, tomato, and eggplant glycoalkaloids and assays for the same (5614408)  
     Monoclonal antibodies to hygromycin B and the method of making the same (5620890)  
     Plant transformation by gene transfer into pollen (5629183)  
     DNA encoding peptide hormone that inhibits digestion in insects (5629196)  
     Bioactive coating for harvested commodities (5633025)  
     Enzymatic process for the isolation of erucic acid from vegetable oils (5633151)  
     Merozoite proteins for use in detection of Babesia equi in horses using immunological techniques (5643737)  
     Citrus proteins for use in field detection of citrus blight using immunological techniques (5650151)  
     Glutenin genes and their uses (5650558)  
     Assay for enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli 0157:H7 by the polymerase chain reaction (5652102)  
     Volatiles of Japanese honeysuckle flowers as attractants for adult Lepidopteran insects (5665344)  
     Avirulent geotrichum candidum for biological control of postharvest rots on fruit (5668008)  
     Inhibiting plant pathogens with an antagonistic microorganism(s) (5670368)  
     Steinernema sp. nematode for suppression of Helicoverpa zea and Spodoptera frugiperda (5674516)  
     Pasteurella haemolytica PhaI restriction endonuclcape and methyltranstesase (5683900)  
     Nuclear restorer genes for hybrid seed production (5684242)  
     Low phytic acid mutants and selection thereof (5689054)  
     Method to produce granulocyte colony stimulating factor from immortalized avian T lymphocytes and method to produce immortalized cells (5691200)  
     Use of N-methyl-aspartic acid for enhancing growth and altering body composition (5691377)  
     DNA encoding pasteurella haemolytica PhaI restriction endonuclease and methyltransterase (5693777)  
     Method of treating birds (5698193)  
     Microorganism strains that produce a high proportion of alternan to dextran (5702942)  
     Isolated protein from Eimeria useful as a cross species vaccine (5709862)  
     Bioactive compounds (5710099)  
     Apomictic maize (5710367)  
     Control of plant gene expression (5723765)  
     Control of fruit ripening through genetic control of ACC synthase synthesis (5723766)  
     Polypeptides useful in prevention of chlamydia infection (5725863)  
     Construction of Pasteurella haemolytica vaccines (5733780)  
     Biological control of diseases of harvested agricultural commodities using strains of the yeast candida oleophila (5741699)  
     Glucose and cellobiose tolerant .beta.-glucosidase from Candida peltata (5747320)  
     Development of a PCR-based method for identification of Tilletia indica, causal agent of Karnal bunt of wheat (5776686)  
     Inhibiting plant pathogens with an antagonistic microorganism(s) (5780023)  
     Bacterial control of Fusarium dry rot of potatoes (5783411)  
     Fungal inoculum preparation (5786188)  
     Bacteria and enzymes for production of alternan fragments (5786196)  
     Rapid screening method to select microorganism strains that produce a high proportion of alternan to dextran (5789209)  
     Enhanced insect resistance in plants genetically engineered with a plant hormone gene involved in cytokinin biosynthesis (5792934)  
     Culture medium for parasitic and predaceous insects (5799607)  
     Livestock mucosal competitive exclusion culture to reduce enteropathogenic bacteria (5807546)  
     Species-specific mitochondrial sequences for identification of Tilletia indica, the karnal bunt wheat fungus and methods of using said sequences (5811240)  
     Apomixis for producing true-breeding plant progenies (5811636)  
     Leader-proteinase deleted foot-and-mouth disease viruses and their use as vaccines (5824316)  
     Construction of Pasteurella haemolytica vaccines (5824525)  
     Method of removing color from kraft wood pulps (5834301)  
     Methods and compositions of adherent starch granules for encapsulating pest control agents (5837273)  
     Campylobacter jejuni flagellin/Escherichia coli LT-B fusion protein (5837825)  
     Molecular genetic construction of vaccine strains of pasteurellaceae (5840556)  
     Gonad-specific virus which causes sterility in the corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea (5843429)  
     Attenuated revertant serotype 1 marek's disease vaccine (5849299)  
     Method of isolating strains of the Lymantria dispar nuclear polyhedrosis virus (5853982)  
     Bioactive compounds (5854178)  
     Bifunctional protein from carrots (Daucus carota) with aspartokinase and homoserine dehydrogenase activities (5858749)  
     Cell line for propagating receptor binding site-deleted FMDV (5866416)  
     Species specific method for the PCR detection of phythophthora (5874221)  
     DNA encoding the Taenia crassiceps ten kilodalton antigen (5874251)  
     Vaccines and methods for preventing and treating fescue toxicosis in herbivores (5876726)  
     Thermostable .alpha.-L-arabinofuranosidase from Aureobasidium pullulans (5882905)  
     Strain of gypsy moth virus with enhanced polyhedra and budded virus production (5882913)  
     Viridiol deficient mutant strains of the biocontrol agent trichoderma virens, process of making and using as biocontrol agent (5882915)  
     Vaccines and methods for preventing and treating fescue toxicosis in herbivores (5885576)  
     Bacteria and enzymes for production of alternant fragments (5888776)  
     Campylobacteri jejuni flagellin-escherichia coli LT-B fusion protein (5888810)  
     Method to produce granulocyte colony stimulating factor from immortalized avian T lymphocytes to produce immortalized cells (5891443)  
     Campy-Cefex selective and differential medium for campylobacter (5891709)  
     Synthetic diet for rearing the hymenopterous ectoparasitoid, catolaccus grandis (5899168)  
     Complex growth supplement for maintenance of bacterial cell viability and induction of bacterial cell differentiation (5902742)  
     Monoclonal antibodies to ceftiofur (5908781)  
     Method and system for detecting fecal and ingesta contamination on the carcasses of meat animals (5914247)  
     Glutenin genes and their uses (5914450)  
     Control of fire blight on pome fruit trees with Erwinia herbicola (5919446)  
     Control of plant gene expression (5925808)  
     Pollen-based transformation system using solid media (5929300)  
     Steinernema Sp. nematode for suppression of Helicoverpa zea and Spodoptera frugiperda (5932237)  
     Artificial media for rearing entomophages comprising sticky, cooked whole egg (5945271)  
     Control of replant disease of tree fruits with Pseudomonas putida (5948671)  
     Competitive exclusion culture for swine (5951977)  
     Fungal species for the biological control of the sugarbeet root maggot (5955071)  
     Sequences for production of 2,4-Diacetylphloroglucinol and methods (5955298)  
     DNA sequences from potato encoding solanidine UDP-glucose glucosyltransferase and use to reduce glycoalkaloids in solanaceous plants (5959180)  
     Methods and compositions for the simultaneous control of the root diseases caused by gaeumannomyces graminis, rhizoctonia, and pythium (5972689)  
     Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome vaccine (5976537)  
     Control of plant gene expression (5977441)  
     Nuclear restorer genes for hybrid seed production (5981833)  
     Glutenin genes and their uses (5985351)  
     Species-specific genetic identification of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis (5985576)  
     Methods for conferring insect resistance to a monocot using a perioxidase coding sequence (6002068)  
     Saccharomyces boulardii treatment to diminish campylobacter and salmonella in poultry (6010695)  
     Restriction enzyme screen for differentiating porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus strains (6015663)  
     Biological control of postharvest diseases of pome fruit with Pseudomonas syringae pv. lachrymans (6017752)  
     Ubiquitin-lytic peptide fusion gene constructs, protein products deriving therefrom, and methods of making and using same (6018102)  
     Modified live Edwardsiella ictaluri against enteric septicemia in channel catfish (6019981)  
     Non-toxigenic strain of Aspergillus oryzae and Aspergillus sojae for biocontrol of toxigenic fungi (6027724)  
     Nucleic acid markers for apospory-specific genomic region (6028185)  
     Baculovirus for the control of insect pests (6042843)  
     Sequences for production of 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol and methods (6051383)  
     Single-site amplification (SSA): method for accelerated development of nucleic acid markers (6054300)  
     Plant volatile elicitor from insects (6054483)  
     Production of antisera specific to major histocompatibility complex molecules in chickens (6075125)  
     Fungal gene encoding resistance to the phytotoxin cercosporin (6077995)  
     Recombinant baculovirus and its use as a biocontrol agent for crop pests (6087165)  
     Biological control of sprouting in potatoes (6107247)  
     Low phytic acid mutants and selection thereof (6111168)  
     Resolution of complex integration patterns to obtain single copy transgenes (6114600)  
     Vaccines and methods for preventing and treating fescue toxicosis in herbivores (6117427)  
     Biological control of plant disease on roots of conifer seedlings (6133196)  
     Enhanced yield of podophyllotoxin from natural products through in situ conversion methods (6143304)  
     Fungal inoculum preparation (6143549)  
     Stable insect virus-cell expression system (6143565)  
     Avian leukosis virus subgroup J envelope gene product for diagnosis and immunogenic composition (6146641)  
     PCR primers for detection of plant pathogenic species and subspecies of acidovorax (6146834)  
     Method and kit for extracting prion protein (6150172)  
     In ovo methods for utilizing live Edwardsiella ictaluri against enteric septicemia in channel catfish (6153202)  
     Control of fruit ripening through genetic control of ACC synthase synthesis (6156956)  
     Antibodies for the detection of prion protein as an indication of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (6165784)  
     `Tift 94` Bermudagrass (PP10079)  
     Bermudagrass named `TifEagle` (PP11163)  
     Douglas-fir tree "Torquis" variety (PP7553)  
     Apricot cv. Robada (PP9890)  
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     Protein obtained from cakes of vegetable origin (3969338)  
     Product for prevention against ophiobolus take-all in cereals and the like (3987165)  
     Process for the treatment of cakes and seeds of vegetable origin (4085229)  
     Continuous manufacture of cheese (4131688)  
     Process and apparatus for the continuous manufacture of cheese (4224865)  
     Process for producing food proteins from Trichoderma Album (4238567)  
     Process for producing food proteins of fungal origin or from multicellular organisms fementation apparatus and proteins so-produced (4330560)  
     Animal vaccine, against colibacillosis, preparation and use (4343792)  
     Preparation of Salmonella abortus ovis strains and vaccine compositions containing them (4350684)  
     Method for conditioning and preserving eggs of insect oophage parasites or process for conditioning and preservation of eggs of oophagous parasites of insects (4370946)  
     Total enzymatic hydrolysate from whey proteins and process of obtaining the same (4427658)  
     Animal vaccine against colibacillosis, preparation and use (4443547)  
     Process for recovering the whey proteins, the application thereof to cheese-making and the resulting cheeses (4518616)  
     Microorganisms of the Phanerochaete chrysosporium strain and their use (4889807)  
     Process of grafted cuttings of stock and scion from in vitro (4937971)  
     Cloning or expression vectors containing the avian erythroblastosis virus genome and cells transfected by these vectors (4957865)  
     Process for combatting "varroatosis" by biological means and devices for implementing this process (5135758)  
     Microbial method for producing lignin peroxidase (5153121)  
     Sphingophospholipids containing inositol, and their application as inducers of resistance to various cryptogamic diseases in plants (5154748)  
     ARS sequence which is efficacious in yarrowia lipolytica (5212087)  
     Avian erythroblastosis virus vectors for integration and expression of heterologous genes in avian cells (5252465)  
     Specific DNA molecular probes for Bos-type male genome (5328827)  
     Toxic metabolic product of Hirsutella sp. (5338675)  
     Substance with lipo-oligosaccharide structure capable of acting as plant-specific symbiotic signals, processes for producing them and their applications (5549718)  
     Plasmid replication origin increasing the copy number of the plasmid containing the said origin (5565333)  
     Method for enhancing the earliness of a plant and/or lowering the content of nitrates stored in the plant (5569833)  
     Modified baculovirus and baculovirus expression vectors (5571709)  
     Modified baculovirus, its preparation process and its application as a gene expression vector (5583023)  
     Cloning and expression of the gene of the malolactic enzyme of Lactococcus lactis (5587304)  
     Nucleotide sequences permitting the replication and maintenance of a genetic information in animal cells (5597689)  
     DNA fragments coding for a bacteriophage-resistant mechanism (5629182)  
     Broad host spectrum rhizobiaceae nodulation signals (5646018)  
     Ornamental character of scented geraniums by genetic transformation (5648598)  
     Process for modulating the behavior of worker bees by means of brood pheromones (5695383)  
     Yeast strains expressing the lactic lacticodeshydrogenase gene and vectors useful in producing said strains (5712152)  
     Filamentous fungus proteins for binding and transporting lipids, method for preparing them and their applications (5717070)  
     Gram-positive bacteria replicon (5766586)  
     DNA sequence imparting cytoplasmic male sterility, mitochondrial genome, nuclear genome, mitochondria and plant containing said sequence and process for the preparation of hybrids (5789566)  
     Nucleotide sequences coding for polypeptides endowed with a larvicidal activity towards lepidoptera (5792928)  
     Methods for using a temperature-sensitive plasmid (5919678)  
     Expression of a gram-positive bacteria replicon (5928897)  
     Method for regulating the expression of a gene in a baculovirus using a retinoic acid receptor binding site and vector therefor (5939285)  
     Promoters for enhancing plant productivity (5962670)  
     Phanerochaete chrysospoirium strains CNCM I-1511, I-1512 and I-1513 for producing lignin peroxidase and manganese peroxidase (5972672)  
     Temperature-sensitive plasmid (6025190)  
     .beta.-glucosidase from filamentous fungi, and uses thereof (6087131)  
     Strains of Bacillus thuringiensis and pesticide composition containing them (6096306)  
     ClpG subunit of CS31A protein capsule containing heterologous peptides (6096321)  
     Enzyme and microorganism degrading rhamnogalacturonane II (6103506)  
     Process for obtaining aroma components and aromas from their precursors of a glycosidic nature, and aroma components and aromas thereby obtained (6106872)  
     Active retinoic acid-free culture medium for chicken embryonic stem cells (6114168)  
     Nucleotide sequences for the control of the expression of DNA sequences in a cell host (6140104)  
     Aspergillus niger which produces vanillic acid from ferulic acid (6162637)  
3 INSTITUT PASTEUR 49
     Vectors for the insertion therein of foreign DNA fragments, according to any translation phase (4371625)  
     Stabilizing agents for live viruses for preparing vaccines, and stabilized vaccines containing said stabilizing agents (4500512)  
     Conjugate obtained by coupling a lectin and a specific ligand, containing such a conjugate and its applications in biology (4526871)  
     Probes comprising modified adenine groups, their preparation and their uses (4842996)  
     Probe containing a modified nucleic acid, recognizable by specific antibodies and use of this probe and theses specific antibodies to detect and characterize a homologous DNA sequence (4963477)  
     Transhybridomas (5073490)  
     Probe containing a modified nucleic acid recognizable by specific antibodies and use of this probe to detect and characterize a homologous dna sequence (5098825)  
     Adenyl cyclase derivatives and their biological uses (5183745)  
     DNA sequence performing a function which is expressed in an over-production of extracellular proteins by various strains of bacillus, and vectors containing this sequence (5264350)  
     Non-hemolytic mosquitocidal microorganisms (5304484)  
     Specific DNA molecular probes for Bos-type male genome (5328827)  
     Method for detecting Listeria monocytogenes (5389513)  
     Oligonucleotide probes and methods for detecting by hybridization the nucleic acids of bacteria and other living organisms (5407797)  
     DNA probes specific for hemolytic listeria (5523205)  
     DNA sequences derived from papillomavirus HPV-33 genome (5554538)  
     Probes, diagnostic method and immunization method based on papillomavirus types HPV 49 and HPV 50 (5591574)  
     Method of detecting and characterizing a nucleic acid or a sequence of the latter, and enzymatic reactant for the application of this method (5605800)  
     Nucleic acids derived from Salmonella typhi and detection of Salmonella using thereof (5618666)  
     Nucleotide sequences and proteins conferring cycloheximide resistance (5641674)  
     Nucleotide sequences which hybridize specifically with bacterial strains of the mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (5650272)  
     Nucleic acid sequences from Salmonella typhi for in vitro diagnosis in foodstuffs (5681716)  
     Nucleotide sequences coding for a protein with urease activity (5695931)  
     Non-hemolytic mosquitocidal microorganisms (5736513)  
     Process for determining the quantity of a DNA fragment of interest by a method of enzymatic amplification of DNA (5747246)  
     Method for generating structural and functional diversity in a peptide sequence (5756323)  
     Gram-positive bacteria replicon (5766586)  
     Nucleotide sequence encoding the enzyme I-SceI and the uses thereof (5792632)  
     Nucleotide sequences coding for polypeptides endowed with a larvicidal activity towards lepidoptera (5792928)  
     Derivatives utilizable in nucleic acid sequencing (5798210)  
     Nucleic acid sequences derived from the genome of Salmonella Typhi, and their uses, in particular for the in vitro diagnosis of the presence of bacteria of the salmonella genus in foodstuffs (5804378)  
     Clostridium bifermentans DNA fragment bearing genes coding for proteins linked to an insecticidal activity (5830722)  
     Recombinant Bacillus anthracis strains unable to produce the lethal factor protein or edema factor protein (5840312)  
     Process for aligning, adhering and stretching nucleic acid strands on a support surface by passage through a meniscus (5840862)  
     Method for hypermutagenesis of nucleotides (5843730)  
     Regulatory nucleotide sequence of the initiation of transcription (5858773)  
     Nucleotide sequence encoding the enzyme I-SceI and the uses thereof (5866361)  
     Primers for the amplification of genes coding for the enterotoxin and the lecithinase of Clostridium perfringens and their application to the detection and numeration of these bacteriae (5874220)  
     Method for detecting molecules containing nucleotide mismatches and the location of these mismatches, and application to the detection of base substitutions or deletions in nucleotide sequences (5879886)  
     DNA fragment encoding insecticidal crystal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (5928891)  
     Expression of a gram-positive bacteria replicon (5928897)  
     Nucleotide sequence encoding the enzyme I-SceI and the uses thereof (5948678)  
     Nucleotide sequences and proteins conferring cycloheximide resistance (5958687)  
     Nucleotide sequence encoding the enzyme I-SceI and the uses thereof (5962327)  
     Oligonucleotides for the detection of salmonella (6080545)  
     Strains of Bacillus thuringiensis and pesticide composition containing them (6096306)  
     Nucleotide sequences coding for polypeptides endowed with a larvicidal activity towards lepidoptera (6110734)  
     Surfaces for biological reactions, process for preparing them and process for their use (6130044)  
     Nucleotide sequences for the control of the expression of DNA sequences in a cell host (6140104)  
     Regulatory nucleotide sequence of the initiation of transcription (6153404)  
4 U.S. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 46
     Isoelectric focussing-polynucleotide/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (4495279)  
     Plasmid cloning vector pAS1 (4578355)  
     Stimulation of enzymatic ligation of DNA by high concentrations of nonspecific polymers (4582802)  
     Method of continuous production of retroviruses (HTLV-III) from patients with AIDS and pre-AIDS (4647773)  
     Method of continuous production of retroviruses (HTLV-III) from patients with AIDS and pre-AIDS using permissive cells (4652599)  
     Isolated, soluble immunogen against Schistosoma mansoni and a method of vaccination employing same (4656033)  
     Intact gene and method of excising and cloning same (4707445)  
     Mini Mu containing plasmid and a method for rapid DNA sequencing (4716105)  
     Adeno-associated virus as eukaryotic expression vector (4797368)  
     Process for site specific mutagenesis without phenotypic selection (4873192)  
     Plasmid cloning vector pAS1 (4925799)  
     Method for amplifying unknown nucleic acid sequences (5104792)  
     Stable mammalian cell line expressing a bacteriophage RNA polymerase (5126251)  
     Rapid, versatile and simple system for expressing genes in eukaryotic cells (5135855)  
     RRNA specific oligonucleotides (5220014)  
     Array-type multiple cell injector (5262128)  
     Molecular clones of bovine immunodeficiency-like virus (5380830)  
     Method of targeting DNA (5460941)  
     DNA for use in a simple method for detecting inhibitors of retrotransposition (5462873)  
     Retrovirus packaging and producer cell lines based on gibbon ape leukemia virus (5470726)  
     Serine protease and uses thereof (5500344)  
     Exchangeable template reaction (5503995)  
     Cloning of the recA gene from thermus aquaticus YT-1 (5510473)  
     Enzymatic degrading subtraction hybridization (5525471)  
     Pteridine nucleotide analogs as fluorescent DNA probes (5525711)  
     Efficient directional genetic cloning system (5595895)  
     Eukaryotic expression vector system (5604118)  
     DNA sequence which acts as a chromatin insulator element to protect expressed genes from cis-acting regulatory sequences in mammalian cells (5610053)  
     Vector systems for the generation of adeno-associated virus particles (5693531)  
     Reca-assisted cloning of DNA (5707811)  
     Method for detecting a receptor-ligand complex using a cytochrome P450 reporter gene (5726041)  
     Promotion of homologous DNA pairing by RecA-derived peptides (5731411)  
     Synthesis of typhoid fever vaccine from a plant or fruit polysaccharide (5738855)  
     Sequencing DNA; a modification of the polymerase chain reaction (5817797)  
     Expression of a heterologous polypeptide in mammary tissue of transgenic non-human mammals using a long whey acidic protein promoter (5831141)  
     Methods for sensitive detection of reverse transcriptase (5849494)  
     In vitro ligation of foreign DNA into large eukaryotic viruses (5866383)  
     Transframe peptide inhibitor of viral protease (5872210)  
     Large granular lymphocyte leukemia associated virus (5891723)  
     Method of adenoviral-medicated cell transfection (5928944)  
     Inhibition of protein kinase activity by aptameric action of oligonucleotides (5998596)  
     Probe-based analysis of heterozygous mutations using two-color labelling (6013449)  
     Mutant Aequorea victoria fluorescent proteins having increased cellular fluorescence (6027881)  
     Retrovirus vectors derived from avian sarcoma leukosis viruses permitting transfer of genes into mammalian cells (6096534)  
     Sequence modification of oligonucleotide primers to manipulate non-templated nucleotide addition (6110710)  
     Methods for sensitive detection of reverse transcriptase (6136534)  
5 JAPAN MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES 31
     Process for saccharification of starch using enzyme produced by fungus belonging to genus Chalara (4591560)  
     Method for the preparation of branched cyclodextrins (4668626)  
     Process for enzymatic preparation of cellooligosaccharides (4908311)  
     Twig branched cyclodextrin (4910137)  
     Novel auerobasidium sp. microorganisms, method for obtaining the same and method for preparing erythritol with the same (4939091)  
     Somatic hybrids of Rutaceae plants (4940836)  
     Novel Aureobasidium sp. microorganisms and method for obtaining the same, and method for preparing erythritol with the same (5036011)  
     Method of using .alpha.-amylase to prepare slightly decomposed starch granules having low viscosity (5445950)  
     Bioreactor (5587298)  
     Synthetic peptide sequences useful in detection of foot and mouth disease (5639601)  
     Nucleic acid markers for rice blast resistance genes and rice blast resistance genes isolated by the use of these markers (5674993)  
     Cultivation of flowering plants (5718080)  
     Cultivation of petunia (5732506)  
     Method for producing an asparaginyl endoprotease (5739025)  
     Method for cryopreservation of primordial germ cells and germ cells (5759763)  
     Apparatus and method for analyzing physiological state of organism (5759797)  
     Cellobiose phosphorylase gene, vector and transformant containing said gene (5849529)  
     Base sequence of the coat protein gene of papaya leaf-distortion mosaic virus (5859224)  
     Method of individual discrimination by polymerase chain reaction using MI primer (5863772)  
     Rice ornithine carbamyltransferase gene, and a vector containing said gene and a transformant (5928925)  
     Cultivation of flowering plants (6050026)  
     Chitin deacetylase gene, vector containing said gene and transformant (6057144)  
     .alpha.-amylase gene having ability for highly producing maltopentaose, vector containing said gene and transformant (6087147)  
     Plant-derived, asparagine residue-specific endoprotease cDNA and a gene (6107471)  
     Complementary DNA for rice chitinase having lytic activity against moulds and bacteria, and vector containing said complementary DNA and transformant (6124126)  
     Protein having cellulase activities and process for producing the same (6127160)  
     Mesophilic xylanases (6140097)  
     Method for transferring gene (6143949)  
     Chitin beads, chitosan beads, process for preparing these beads, carrier comprising said beads, and process for preparing microsporidian spore (6156330)  
     Wheat starch with novel characteristics (6165535)  
     Shuttle vector comprising a T-DNA Region and RI and RK2 origins of replication (6165780)  
6 CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE 26
     Plasmid vectors for cloning and expression of a protein in a microorganism, comprising at least one promoter for expression of .beta.-glucosidase in yeasts; microorganisms containing these plasmids; a fermentation process and the enzymes obtained (4745062)  
     Immobilized luciferase for the quantitative determination of ATP (4833075)  
     Probes comprising modified adenine groups, their preparation and their uses (4842996)  
     Process for amplifying the expression of a specific gene in bacillus subtilis, and strains obtained (4959316)  
     Application of antibiotics of the phleomycin family as selection agent in the field of genetic engineering (5021344)  
     Application of antibiotics of the phleomycin family as selection agent in the field of genetic engineering (5118620)  
     Process for combatting "varroatosis" by biological means and devices for implementing this process (5135758)  
     Sphingophospholipids containing inositol, and their application as inducers of resistance to various cryptogamic diseases in plants (5154748)  
     Lipopolyamines, their preparation and their use (5171678)  
     Toxic metabolic product of Hirsutella sp. (5338675)  
     Substance with lipo-oligosaccharide structure capable of acting as plant-specific symbiotic signals, processes for producing them and their applications (5549718)  
     Plasmid replication origin increasing the copy number of the plasmid containing the said origin (5565333)  
     Nucleotide sequences permitting the replication and maintenance of a genetic information in animal cells (5597689)  
     Broad host spectrum rhizobiaceae nodulation signals (5646018)  
     Cloning and expression vectors in an actinomycetes strain, process for transformation of this strain, actinomycetes strain obtained and preparation of proteins (5688689)  
     Process for aligning, adhering and stretching nucleic acid strands on a support surface by passage through a meniscus (5840862)  
     Nucleic acid fragments and corresponding peptide fragments from the caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus (CAEV) genome, and uses thereof (5858672)  
     Procedure for the polymerization of nucleic acid sequences and its applications (5863730)  
     DNA constructs related to capsanthin capsorubin synthase, cells and plants derived therefrom (5880332)  
     Neurotropic growth factors comprising a homeobox peptide (5888762)  
     Transgenic plants including a transgene consisting of a hybrid nucleic acid sequence, comprising at least one unedited mitochondrial gene fragment from higher plants and process for producing them (5914447)  
     DNA fragment encoding insecticidal crystal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (5928891)  
     Method for regulating the expression of a gene in a baculovirus using a retinoic acid receptor binding site and vector therefor (5939285)  
     DNA sequences coding for a cinnamoyl CoA reductase and their uses in the field of regulating the lignin levels of plants (6015943)  
     Active retinoic acid-free culture medium for chicken embryonic stem cells (6114168)  
     Phytopathogenic geminivirus resistant transgenic plants and seeds and methods for obtaining same by introduction of mutated C1 gene (6133505)  
7 CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD 21
     Methods and compositions for increasing the amounts of phosphorus and/or micronutrients available for plant uptake from soils (5026417)  
     Method and compositions for controlling round-leaved mallow using Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. malvae, A.T.C.C. 20767 (5296369)  
     Brassica Sp. polygalacturonase gene promoter (5689053)  
     Enzyme additives for ruminant feeds (5720971)  
     Anti-sense RNA for CAB transcript to reduce chlorophyll content in plants (5773692)  
     Seed coat-specific cryptic promoter in tobacco (5824863)  
     Cold induced promoter from winter Brassica napus (5847102)  
     Induction of embryogenesis using cytoskeleton inhibitors or protein synthesis inhibitors (5900375)  
     Brassica sp. gene promoter highly expressed during stigma development (5907083)  
     Brassica sp. gene promoter highly expressed during tapetum development (5919919)  
     Phytases of ruminal microorganisms (5939303)  
     Xylanase obtained from an anaerobic fungus (5948667)  
     Insecticidal factor from field peas (5955082)  
     DNA sequences encoding phytases of ruminal microorganisms (5985605)  
     Protein production in transgenic alfalfa plants (5990385)  
     Potatoes having improved quality characteristics and methods for their production (5998701)  
     Wheat aleurone regulatory elements (6013862)  
     Tolerance of trichothecene mycotoxins in plants and animals through the modification of the peptidyl transferase gene (6060646)  
     Regeneration of somatic embryos from plant tissues (6071746)  
     Coniothyrium minitans xylanase gene Cxy1 (6121034)  
     Xylanase obtained from an anaerobic fungus (6137032)  
     `AC Harrow Dawn` Peach (PP11449)  
     `AC Harrow Fair` peach (PP11455)  
     `AC Harflame` nectarine (PP11496)  
     Shrub rose plant named `Lambert Closse` (PP9978)  
     Climbing rose plant named `Quadra` (PP9995)  
8 CANADA NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 17
     Immunoassays for discriminating between brucellosis infections and vaccinations (5006463)  
     Bioreactor for the perfusion culture of cells (5320963)  
     Construction of thermostable mutants of a low molecular mass xylanase (5405769)  
     Selectable/reporter gene for use during genetic engineering of plants and plant cells (5474929)  
     Use of compounds to enhance synchrony of germination and emergence in plants (5518995)  
     Enhanced regeneration system (5589617)  
     Bifunctional genetic markers (5639663)  
     Brassica Sp. polygalacturonase gene promoter (5689053)  
     Formulation for synthetic seed (5737872)  
     Tryptamine producing tryptophan decarboxylase gene of plant origin (5814520)  
     Modification of xylanase to improve thermophilicity, alkophilicity and thermostability (5866408)  
     Promoter for expressing foreign genes in monocotyledonous plants (5866793)  
     Testing for infestation of rapeseed and other cruciferae by the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans (blackleg infestation) (5916744)  
     Brassica sp. gene promoter highly expressed during tapetum development (5919919)  
     Hyperabas: biologically active abscisic acid analogs with unsaturated carbon substituents at the 8'-methyl or 9'-methyl carbon atoms (6004905)  
     Modification of plant lipids and seed oils utilizing yeast SLC genes (6051755)  
     DNA sequences from brassicaceae encoding squalene epoxidase and process of raising squalene levels in plants therewith (6153815)  
9 NATIONAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORP. (UK) 16
     Production of mycorrhizal fungi (4294037)  
     Method for monitoring pregnancy in milk-producing domestic animals (4294922)  
     Harvesting material from micro-culture plates (4304865)  
     Pasteurellosis vaccines (4346074)  
     Streptomyces plasmid and culture (4360597)  
     Coccidiosis vaccines (4438097)  
     Method of combatting plant diseases (4517177)  
     Synthetic plasmid and bacteria containing it (4567146)  
     Mushroom mutant strains (4608775)  
     Liver fluke antigens derived from juvenile fasciolo organisms (4743446)  
     Vaccine for swine dysentery (4748019)  
     DNA sequences encoding infectious bronchitis virus spike protein (5032520)  
     Vaccines for coccidiosis comprising live sporulated oocysts from strains of eimeria species (5055292)  
     Sampling of material (5063791)  
     Fowlpox virus promoters (5182210)  
     Newcastle disease virus gene clones (5310678)  
10 AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 15
     Process for recovering cellulases (4746611)  
     DNA sequence involved in gene expression and protein secretion, expression-secretion vector including the DNA sequence and the method of producing proteins by using the expression-secretion vector (5015574)  
     Bacillus subtilis strain whose extracellular protease activities are reduced, method for obtaining the strain and method for secreting proteins by using the strain (5084383)  
     Chimeric fused monooxygenase of cytochrome P-450 and NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase (5114852)  
     Thermostable tryptophan synthetase gene and extremely thermophilic plasmid vector incorporating said gene (5120658)  
     Process for producing deacetylase from Vibrio cholerea IFO 15429 (5252468)  
     Chimeric fused monooxygenase of cytochrome P-450 and NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase (5436159)  
     Hammerhead ribozymes with enhanced stability provided by an additional 3' ha (5436330)  
     Fluorine-containing .beta.-indolebutyric acid compounds, and regulation of plant growth therewith (5496794)  
     RNA transcription system using novel ribozyme (5500357)  
     Variant-type carbohydrate hydrolase, variant gene of the enzyme and method for producing oligosaccharide using the enzyme (5538882)  
     DNA base sequence containing regions involved in the production and secretion of a protein, recombinant DNA including the whole or a part of the DNA base sequence, and method of producing proteins by use of the recombinant DNA (5612192)  
     Variant-type carbohydrate hydrolase, variant gene of the enzyme and method for producing oligosaccharide using the enzyme (5631149)  
     Variant-type carbohydrate hydrolase, variant gene of the enzyme and method for producing oligosaccharide using the enzyme (5635378)  
     Plant growth promoter (6117815)  
11 MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LTD. 14
     Detection of mutations in nucleic acids (5217863)  
     Isolated DNA molecules for intergration site independent gene expression in mammalian host cells (5532143)  
     Production of antibodies from transgenic animals (5545807)  
     Methods of obtaining a DNA sequence for integration site independent gene expression (5635355)  
     Process for categorizing nucleotide sequence populations (5728524)  
     Isolated DNA molecules for integration site independent gene expression in mammalian host cells (5736359)  
     Vector for integration site independent gene expression in mammalian host cells (5770398)  
     Vector for integration site independent gene expression in mammalian host cells which permit immunoglobulin gene expression (5770449)  
     Vector for integration site independent gene expression in mammalian host cells (5849997)  
     Vector for integration site independent gene expression in mammalian host cells (5859309)  
     Recombinant binding proteins and peptides (6010884)  
     Binding proteins for recognition of DNA (6013453)  
     DNA sequencing method (6087095)  
     Locus control subregions conferring integration-site independent transgene expression abstract of the disclosure (6110666)  
12 INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE 12
     Vectors for the insertion therein of foreign DNA fragments, according to any translation phase (4371625)  
     Modular apparatus for cell culture (4696902)  
     Serum-free animal cell culture medium and methods for the primary culture and production of cell lines using this medium (4786599)  
     Probe containing a modified nucleic acid, recognizable by specific antibodies and use of this probe and theses specific antibodies to detect and characterize a homologous DNA sequence (4963477)  
     Oligonucleotide probes and methods for detecting by hybridization the nucleic acids of bacteria and other living organisms (5407797)  
     Nucleic acids derived from Salmonella typhi and detection of Salmonella using thereof (5618666)  
     Nucleic acid sequences from Salmonella typhi for in vitro diagnosis in foodstuffs (5681716)  
     Nucleotide sequences coding for a protein with urease activity (5695931)  
     Process for determining the quantity of a DNA fragment of interest by a method of enzymatic amplification of DNA (5747246)  
     Nucleic acid sequences derived from the genome of Salmonella Typhi, and their uses, in particular for the in vitro diagnosis of the presence of bacteria of the salmonella genus in foodstuffs (5804378)  
     Method for detecting molecules containing nucleotide mismatches and the location of these mismatches, and application to the detection of base substitutions or deletions in nucleotide sequences (5879886)  
     Oligonucleotides for the detection of salmonella (6080545)  
13 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 11
     Anaerobic thermophilic culture system (4292406)  
     Anaerobic thermophilic culture (4292407)  
     Method of saccharifying cellulose (4540664)  
     pLS010 plasmid vector (4729954)  
     Process for producing ethanol from plant biomass using the fungus paecilomyces sp. (4840903)  
     Plasimids containing the gene for DNA polymerase I from Streptococcus pneumoniae (5002875)  
     Purification of polymorphic components of complex genomes (5032502)  
     Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) using cellobiose fermenting yeast Brettanomyces custersii (5100791)  
     Optical probe for the cytochrome P-450 cholesterol side chain cleavage enzyme (5110725)  
     Combined enzyme mediated fermentation of cellulous and xylose to ethanol by Schizosaccharoyces pombe, cellulase, .beta.-glucosidase, and xylose isomerase (5372939)  
     Fatty acyl-CoA reductase (6143538)  
14 U.S. OF AMERICA GOVERNMENT 10
     Method of cell culture using a dual circuit, woven artificial capillary bundle (4200689)  
     Capillary cell culture device (4220725)  
     Method and apparatus for cell and tissue culture (4241187)  
     Method for rapid base sequencing in DNA and RNA (4962037)  
     Biological control of postharvest rots in fruits using Pseudomonas cepacia and pyrrolnitrin produced therefrom (4975277)  
     Gene encoding serine protease inhibitor (5151509)  
     Conjugate and method for integration of foreign DNA into cells (5428132)  
     Fertile transgenic oat plants (5773269)  
     Methods and an acetyl CoA carboxylase gene for conferring herbicide tolerance and an alteration in oil content of plants (6069298)  
     Methods for expressing a maize acetyl CoA carboxylase gene in host cells and encoded protein produced thereby (6146867)  
15 FRANCE COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 9
     Apparatus for the intensive, controlled production of microorganisms by photosynthesis (4868123)  
     Method for producing pyruvic acid by fermentation (4918013)  
     Mineral hollow fiber bioreactor for the cultivation of animal cells (5064764)  
     Basic protein phospholiphase A2 (5164315)  
     Process for the production and extraction of antioxidants from a micro-organism culture (5179012)  
     Specific DNA molecular probes for Bos-type male genome (5328827)  
     Process for the selective production of polyunsaturated fatty acids from a culture of microalgae of the porphyridium cruentum (5338673)  
     Hybrid proteins between an extracytoplasmic enzyme and at least another protein, method for preparing them and also their applications (5362644)  
     Chimeric proteins activating polymerase III transcription, use thereof for detecting and analysing protein-protein interactions and genes coding for said proteins (5905025)  
16 CANADIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL AND FORESTRY 8
     Process for conducting site-directed mutagenesis (5071743)  
     Method for quantitatively assaying the presence of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning toxins in marine samples (5180665)  
     Abscisic acid-related plant growth regulators - germination promoters (5201931)  
     Enzyme-based biosensor system for monitoring the freshness of fish (5288613)  
     Vertebrate poxvoris expression vector under the control of entomopoxvirus spheroidin gene promoter (5338679)  
     Isolation, quantitation and purification of insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (5356788)  
     Identification, quantitation and purification of insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (5523211)  
     Lytic .beta.-1,3-glucanase gene (5883244)  
17 CANADIAN PATENTS AND DEVELOPMENT LTD. 8
     Enteric disease vaccine (3975517)  
     Attractant for beet webworm moths (4059689)  
     Pentose fermentation with selected yeast (4477569)  
     Bacterial enzyme used as cheese ripening aid (4690826)  
     Transposable linkers to transfer genetic information (4830965)  
     Antigenic polysaccharide specific to Brucella abortus and Yersinia enterocolitica serotype 0:9 (4831126)  
     Cell culture bioreactor (4906577)  
     Protease for specific processing of secreted proteins (4929553)  
18 INST. OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH (SAITAMA) 8
     Method of producing brassinosteroids (5084388)  
     Aspergillus terreus blasticidin S deaminase, a blasticidin S deaminase gene, a vector incorporating said gene and a transformant containing said vector (5527701)  
     Method for purification and transfer to separation/detection systems of DNA sequencing samples and plates used therefor (5856100)  
     Mutant gene causing a defect in mitochondrial recombination and a method for its detection (5908747)  
     Method for the purification of DNA (5916775)  
     Kaurene synthase (6020176)  
     Method for determining DNA nucleotide sequence (6074824)  
     Method for forming full-length cDNA libraries (6143528)  
19 NATIONAL SCIENCE COUNSIL OF R.O.C. 8
     Gene expression system comprising the promoter region of the .alpha.-amylase genes (5460952)  
     Oligonucleotides for detection of baculovirus infection (5521299)  
     Photo-induced DNA-cleaving agents (5527683)  
     Gene expression system comprising the promoter region of the alpha-amylase genes (5712112)  
     Semiselective medium composition for detecting seed-borne Alternaria brassicicola (5849516)  
     Satellite RNA from bamboo mosaic virus as a vector for foreign gene expression in plants (5849891)  
     Process for sexing cow embryos (5876942)  
     Sugar-responsive enhancers in .alpha.-amylase genes (5917029)  
20 PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INST. OF NYC 8
     Expression and secretion vectors and method of constructing vectors (4663280)  
     High yield protein production system (5011772)  
     Nucleic acid process containing improved molecular switch (5118801)  
     Assays and kits incorporating nucleic acid probes containing improved molecular switch (5312728)  
     Selection of ribozymes that efficiently cleave target RNA (5616459)  
     Diagnostic assays and kits for RNA using RNA binary probes and a ribozyme ligase (5652107)  
     Diagnostic assays and kits for RNA using RNA binary probes and a protein that is an RNA-directed RNA ligase (5807674)  
     Method of sorting a mixture of nucleic acid strands on a binary array (6103463)  
21 U.K. MINISTER OF AGRI., FISHERIES AND FOOD 7
     Vaccine against avian encephalomyelitis (5208023)  
     Method of testing for the presence of Salmonella serotypes expressing Salmonella enteritidis fimbrial antigen (SEFA) and reagents therefore (5510241)  
     Antibiotics for biological control of post harvest diseases (5597565)  
     Cabbages treated to control post-harvest diseases (5780080)  
     Microencapsulated labelling technique (5786151)  
     Biological control of fungal post harvest diseases with bacteria (5869038)  
     Quiescent cell populations for nuclear transfer in the production of non-human mammals and non-human mammalian embryos (6147276)  
22 U.S. ARMY 7
     Oral vaccine for immunization against enteric disease (4632830)  
     Competitor primer asymmetric polymerase chain reaction (5627054)  
     Detection of Yersinia using the polymerase chain reaction (5654144)  
     Alphavirus RNA replicon systems (5792462)  
     Mutants of Brucella melitensis (5939075)  
     Submicron emulsions as vaccine adjuvants (5961970)  
     Recombinant vaccine made in E. coli against dengue virus (6117640)  
23 FRANCEAGENCE NATIONALE DE VALORISATION DE LA RECHERCHE 6
     Process for obtaining variants of plants with improved characteristics (4003156)  
     Preparation of active proteins cross-linked to inactive proteins (4004979)  
     Acetylated watersoluble extracts of corynebacteria, process for obtaining them and their use (4014992)  
     Immunological agents (4152423)  
     Microbiological process for controlling the productivity of cultivated plants (4155737)  
     Method and composition for the detection and study of cellular activity or the like and means for applying such method (4390620)  
24 JAPAN MINISTRY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY 6
     DNA sequence involved in gene expression and protein secretion, expression-secretion vector including the DNA sequence and the method of producing proteins by using the expression-secretion vector (5015574)  
     Bacillus subtilis strain whose extracellular protease activities are reduced, method for obtaining the strain and method for secreting proteins by using the strain (5084383)  
     Thermostable tryptophan synthetase gene and extremely thermophilic plasmid vector incorporating said gene (5120658)  
     Hammerhead ribozymes with enhanced stability provided by an additional 3' ha (5436330)  
     Fluorine-containing .beta.-indolebutyric acid compounds, and regulation of plant growth therewith (5496794)  
     DNA base sequence containing regions involved in the production and secretion of a protein, recombinant DNA including the whole or a part of the DNA base sequence, and method of producing proteins by use of the recombinant DNA (5612192)  
25 LOCKHEED MARTIN ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC. 6
     Large scale DNA microsequencing device (5661028)  
     Cellulase-containing cell-free fermentate produced from microorganism ATCC 55702 (5698429)  
     Cellulase producing microorganism ATCC 55702 (5702940)  
     Surface enhanced Raman gene probe and methods thereof (5721102)  
     Method of producing a cellulase-containing cell-free fermentate produced from microorganism ATCC 55702 (5756337)  
     Surface enhanced Raman gene probe and methods thereof (5814516)  
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 12:50:40 PM

 

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