| Table 2—U.S.
agricultural biotechnology patent awards by technology classification,
1976-2000 1/ |
|
Technology Class
|
1976-1980
|
1981-1985
|
1986-1990
|
1991-1995
|
1996-2000
|
Total
|
| Plant Technologies |
54 |
91 |
244 |
576 |
2,011 |
2,976 |
| Protection, Nutrition, and Biological
Control of Plants and Animals |
76 |
154 |
277 |
512 |
865 |
1,884 |
| Pharmaceuticals |
72 |
89 |
150 |
248 |
718 |
1,277 |
| Patented Organisms, Nonplant |
14 |
76 |
214 |
347 |
795 |
1,446 |
| Metabolic Pathways
and Biological Processes in Animals |
39 |
25 |
79 |
166 |
454 |
763 |
| Metabolic Pathways and Biological
Processes in Plants |
156 |
181 |
263 |
255 |
716 |
1,571 |
| Metabolic Pathways
and Biological Processes, DNA-Scale |
0 |
5 |
79 |
199 |
961 |
1,244 |
| Genetic Transformation |
25 |
100 |
364 |
908 |
2,732 |
4,129 |
| Genomics |
0 |
0 |
10 |
54 |
265 |
329 |
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| 1/ Table entries may
not sum to totals because some patents are classified in multiple
areas, others in none. |
This table is also
available as an Excel spreadsheet.
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