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Summary
Utility patents by country of assignee, U.S. and non-U.S., universities and nonprofits only
Country Utility patents
    Assignee(s) Title (patent number)  
 Number
Australia 58
    ADELAIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (Adelaide, AU); UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA (Adelaide, AU) Solid phase amplification process (6017738)  
    AGRIGENETICS, INC. (San Diego, CA US); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Ocs-element (5710267)  
    AGRIGENETICS, INC. (San Diego, CA US); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) OCS element (5837849)  
    AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Canberra, AU) Sex determination in cattle, sheep and goats using y-chromosome polynucleotides (5418133)  
    AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Canberra, AU) Control of plant cell proliferation and growth (5750862)  
    BIO POLYMERS PTY. LTD. (Melbourne, AU); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Industrial pharmaceutical and cosmetics applications for cultured plant cell gums (5747297)  
    BIOTECH AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. AND CSIRO (Roseville, AU); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Haemonchus contortus vaccine (5525508)  
    BIOTECH AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. AND CSIRO (Roseville, AU); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Nematode vaccine (5734035)  
    BIOTECH AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. AND CSIRO (Roseville, AU); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Vaccines against animal parasitic nematodes (5843706)  
    BIOTECH AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. AND CSIRO (Roseville, AU); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Nematode vaccine (5871738)  
    BIOTECH AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. AND CSIRO (Roseville, AU); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Nematode vaccine (5942413)  
    CAMBIA BIOSYSTEMS, L.L.C. (Canberra, AU) Host cells transformed with the E. coli glucoronide permease gene (5432081)  
    CAMBIA BIOSYSTEMS, L.L.C. (Canberra, AU) .beta.-glucuronidase and glucuronide permease gene system (5599670)  
    CAMBIA BIOSYSTEMS, L.L.C. (Canberra, AU) Glucuronide repressors and uses thereof (5879906)  
    COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Babesiosis antigen and method for preparation (4661348)  
    COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Bacteroides nodosus vaccine (4737363)  
    COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Method of making staphylococcus aureus vaccine (5032522)  
    COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Bidirectional pox virus promoter element (5258294)  
    COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Polypetides, antigens or vaccines protective against babesiosis (5273884)  
    COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Endonucleases (5298612)  
    COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Pox virus vaccine (5368855)  
    COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) DNA sequences encoding at least part of the tomato enzyme endopolygalacturonase PG1 .beta.-subunit (5585542)  
    COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Diagnosis of Mycobacterium bovis infection (5693500)  
    COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Diagnosis of Mycobacterium bovis infection (5707819)  
    COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Recombinant entomopoxvirus (5762924)  
    COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) DNA molecules encoding inducible plant promoters and tomato ADH2 enzyme (5821398)  
    COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Enzyme based bioremediation (5843758)  
    COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Delivery of nucleic acids (5906922)  
    COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Toxin gene from Xenorhabdus nematophilus (5972687)  
    COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Expression of the glucose oxidase gene in transgenic organisms (6054318)  
    COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Toxins from the wasp Bracon hebetor (6156536)  
    COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU); CANADA CSIRO (Ottawa, CA) Method for producing fruiting plants with improved fruit flavour (6011199)  
    COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU); GRAINS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORP. (Barton, AU) Genetic sequences conferring nematode resistance in plants and uses therefor (5994627)  
    COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INDUSTRIAL PLANT BIOPOLYMERS (Parkville, AU) Plant arabinogalactan protein (AGP) genes (5646029)  
    COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INDUSTRIAL PLANT BIOPOLYMERS (Parkville, AU) Plant arabinogalactan protein (AGP) genes (5830747)  
    COOPERS ANIMAL HEALTH LTD. (Upper Hutt, NZ); UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE (Melbourne, AU); NEW ZEALAND MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES (Wellington, NZ) Antigenic polypeptides of Taenia ovis (5348740)  
    COOPERS ANIMAL HEALTH LTD. (Upper Hutt, NZ); UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE (Melbourne, AU); NEW ZEALAND MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES (Wellington, NZ) Antigenic polypeptides of Taenia ovis (5599692)  
    COOPERS ANIMAL HEALTH LTD. (Upper Hutt, NZ); UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE (Melbourne, AU); NEW ZEALAND MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES (Wellington, NZ) Vaccines comprising antigenic polypeptides of Taenia ovis (5618542)  
    EGG MARKETING BOARD (South Queensland, AU) Cultured egg-milk product (4440791)  
    HOWARD FLOREY INSTITUTE (Victoria, AU) Hybridization histochemistry method for determining the presence and location in animal or plant tissue of RNA (5597692)  
    HOWARD FLOREY INSTITUTE (Victoria, AU) Oligonucleotide-polyamide conjugates (6013434)  
    INSEARCH LTD. (Haymarket, AU) Detection of protozoan parasites (5942394)  
    LA TROBE UNIVERSITY (Melbourne, AU) Enzyme extraction and purification processes (4623625)  
    LUBRIZOL CORP. (Wickliffe, OH US); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Plant anaerobic regulatory element (5001060)  
    PITMAN-MOORE, INC. (Mundelein, IL US); UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE (Melbourne, AU); NEW ZEALAND MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES (Wellington, NZ) Stable forms of antigenic Taenia ovis polypeptides (5192538)  
    PITMAN-MOORE, INC. (Mundelein, IL US); UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE (Melbourne, AU); NEW ZEALAND MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES (Wellington, NZ) Stable forms of antigenic Taenia ovis polypeptides (5366728)  
    QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Brisbane, AU) DNA sequences of banana bunchy top virus (5756708)  
    QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Brisbane, AU) Intergenic regions of banana bunchy top virus (6127604)  
    ROYAL MELBOURNE INST. OF TECHNOLOGY LTD. (Melbourne, AU) Swine dysentery vaccine (5281416)  
    UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (Gainesville, FL US); BACHEM BIOSCIENCE (Bubendorf, CH); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU); UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, CA US) ShK toxin compositions and methods of use (6077680)  
    UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE (Melbourne, AU); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU); DARATECH PROPRIETARY LTD. (Victoria, AU) Bacteriocin piscicolin 126 (6054163)  
    UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE (Melbourne, AU); IMMULOGIC PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION (Waltham, MA US) DNA encoding allergenic proteins and peptides from Johnson grass pollen (5691167)  
    UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND (St. Lucia, AU) Process for producing feed protein (4115593)  
    UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND (St. Lucia, AU) Conversion of sucrose to fructose and ethanol (4797360)  
    UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND (St. Lucia, AU) Ethanol production by zymomonas cultured in yeast-conditioned media (4885241)  
    UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND (St. Lucia, AU) Ethanol production by zymomonas cultured in yeast-conditioned media (4985355)  
    UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND (St. Lucia, AU) ACC synthase genes from pineapple, papaya and mango (6124525)  
    UNIVERSITY OF AUSTRALIA (Canberra, AU); ADELAIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (Adelaide, AU) Amplification and detection process (5849544)  
Belgium 3
    CROPDESIGN N.V. (Zwijnaarde, BE) Control of plant cell proliferation and growth (6087175)  
    UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES (Brussels, BE) Cloning and/or sequencing vector (5910438)  
    UNIVERSITY OF LIEGE (Liege, BE) Double-muscling in mammals (6103466)  
Brazil 3
    FUNDACACO OSWALDO CRUZ-FIOCRUZ (Rio de Janeiro, BR) Vaccine against helminth infection comprising Sm-14 fatty acid binding protein of Schistosoma mansoni (5730984)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE); EMBRAPA (Brasilia, BR) Process for the production of transgenic plants with increased nutritional value via the expression of modified 2S storage albumins (5589615)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE); EMBRAPA (Brasilia, BR) Seed-specific promoter region (5623067)  
Canada 131
    ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL (Edmonton, CA); UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA (Fairbanks, AK US) Cell culture bioreactor (5443985)  
    BRITISH COLUMBIA RESEARCH CORP. (Vancouver, CA) Process for the production, desiccation and germination of conifer somatic embryos (5183757)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA); CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY (Sainte-Foy, CA); UNIVERSITE LAVAL (Montreal, CA) Protein production in transgenic alfalfa plants (5990385)  
    COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU); CANADA CSIRO (Ottawa, CA) Method for producing fruiting plants with improved fruit flavour (6011199)  
    FORINTEK CANADA CORP. (Ottawa, CA) Production of thermostable xylanase and cellulase (4966850)  
    HSC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (Toronto, CA); SEABRIGHT CORPORATION (St. John's, CA) Transgenic salmonid fish expressing exogenous salmonid growth hormone (5545808)  
    Individual inventor(s); MCGILL UNIVERSITY (Montreal, CA) Large scale production of human or animal proteins using plant bioreactors (5723755)  
    INSTITUT ARMAND-FRAPPIER-UNIVERSITY OF QUEBEC (Montreal, CA) Integrated process for the production of food, feed and fuel from biomass (5047332)  
    MCGILL UNIVERSITY (Montreal, CA) Shuttle vector, utilizing the E. coli asparagine synthetase gene, and capable of dominant transfection and amplification in animal cells (5011776)  
    MCGILL UNIVERSITY (Montreal, CA) Composition for biocontrol of wild buckwheat (5082489)  
    MCGILL UNIVERSITY (Montreal, CA) Genes which participate in .beta.-glucan assembly and use thereof (5194600)  
    MCGILL UNIVERSITY (Montreal, CA) Fungal herbicides (5212086)  
    MCGILL UNIVERSITY (Montreal, CA) Immortalized bovine mannary epithelial cell line (5227301)  
    MCGILL UNIVERSITY (Montreal, CA) Composition for biocontrol of fireweed (5244659)  
    MCGILL UNIVERSITY (Montreal, CA) Composition for enhancing grain yield and protein yield of legumes grown under environmental conditions that inhibit or delay nodulation thereof (5922316)  
    MCGILL UNIVERSITY (Montreal, CA) Sclerotinia minor for broad spectrum broadleaf weed control (5994267)  
    MCGILL UNIVERSITY (Montreal, CA) Biosensor device and method (6130037)  
    MCGILL UNIVERSITY (Montreal, CA); UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT (Burlington, VT US) Process for controlling undesirable vegetation with Colletotrichum coccodes spores (5028253)  
    OTTAWA CIVIC HOSPITAL LOEB RESEARCH (Ottawa, CA) DNA-based vaccination of fish (5780448)  
    QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY (Kingston, CA) Process for extractive fermentation (4865973)  
    QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY (Kingston, CA) Sodium tolerance genes derived from schizosaccharomyces pombe (5272085)  
    QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY (Kingston, CA) Enhanced transport with a plastid membrane transport protein (5919999)  
    QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY (Kingston, CA) Antisense strategy for the production of species specific viral insecticides (5925346)  
    QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY (Kingston, CA) Electroporation device and method of use (6001617)  
    QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY (Kingston, CA) Spruce budworm antifreeze proteins, genes and methods of using same (6008016)  
    QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY (Kingston, CA) Constructs and methods for enhancing protein levels in photosynthetic organisms (6011198)  
    QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY (Kingston, CA) Phosphate starvation-inducible proteins (6096545)  
    QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY (Kingston, CA); ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LTD. (Ottawa, CA) Indexing linkers (5508169)  
    QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY (Kingston, CA); ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LTD. (Ottawa, CA) Indexing linkers (5858656)  
    RIBOZYME PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (Boulder, CO US); UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA (Birmingham, AL US); UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL (Montreal, CA) Catalytic DNA (5861288)  
    SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY (Burnaby, CA) Method of binding two or more DNA double helices and products formed (5948897)  
    STE-JUSTINE L'HOPITAL CENTRE DE RECHERCHE (Montreal, CA) Internal standards for quantitative competitive PCR (5824516)  
    TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY (College Station, TX US); MCGILL UNIVERSITY (Montreal, CA) Method of identification of animals resistant or susceptible to disease such as ruminant brucellosis, tuberculosis, paratuberculosis and salmonellosis (6114118)  
    UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL (Montreal, CA) Aseptic in vitro endomycorrhizal spore mass production (5554530)  
    UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL (Montreal, CA) Oligonucleotide probe and primers specific to bovine or porcine male genomic DNA (5596089)  
    UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL (Montreal, CA) Endochitinase gene induced by osmotic stress and abscisic acid isolated from the wild tomato Lycopersicon chilense Dun (5656474)  
    UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL (Montreal, CA) Freezing tolerance proteins Wcs19 and Wcor410 from gramineae (5731419)  
    UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL (Montreal, CA) DNA plasmid vaccine for immunization of animals against BVDV (6060457)  
    UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL (Montreal, CA); MASSACHUSETTS INST. OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, MA US) Nucleozymes (5652094)  
    UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL (Montreal, CA); UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS (Amherst, MA US) Hybrid ribozymes and methods of use (5942395)  
    UNIVERSITE LAVAL (Montreal, CA) Homing endonuclease which originates from chlamydomonas eugametos and recognizes and cleaves a 15, 17 or 19 degenerate double stranded nucleotide sequence (5420032)  
    UNIVERSITE LAVAL (Montreal, CA) DNA probes for the detection of arbuscular endomycorrhizal fungi (5434048)  
    UNIVERSITE LAVAL (Montreal, CA) Integration cassette for improvement of transgenesis in eukaryotes (5989914)  
    UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA (Edmonton, CA) Method for isolating and purifying transferrin and lactoferrin receptor proteins from bacteria and the preparation of vaccines containing the same (5292869)  
    UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA (Edmonton, CA) Plants having enhanced nitrogen assimilation/metabolism (6084153)  
    UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver, CA) Cellulose binding fusion proteins for immobilization and purification of polypeptides (5137819)  
    UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver, CA) DNA construct for enhancing the efficiency of transcription (5164316)  
    UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver, CA) DNA construct for enhancing the efficiency of transcription (5196525)  
    UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver, CA) Cellulose binding fusion proteins having a substrate binding region of cellulase (5202247)  
    UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver, CA) Method of preparing a B-1,4 glycan matrix containing a bound fusion protein (5340731)  
    UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver, CA) Bacterial surface protein expression (5500353)  
    UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver, CA) Characterization and structure of an endodglucanase gene of Cellulomonas fimi (5643791)  
    UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver, CA) Compositions and methods for modulating cell proliferation using growth factor-polysaccharide binding fusion proteins (5874308)  
    UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver, CA) Biological systems incorporating stress-inducible genes and reporter constructs for environmental biomonitoring and toxicology (5877398)  
    UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver, CA) Conjugate of non-protein chemical moiety and polypeptide having cellulose binding region (5928917)  
    UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver, CA) Oligosaccharide synthesis using activated glycoside derivative, glycosyl transferase and catalytic amount of nucleotide phosphate (5952203)  
    UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver, CA) Polysaccharide binding fusion proteins and conjugates (5962289)  
    UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver, CA) Coniferin beta-glucosidase cDNA for modifying lignin content in plants (5973228)  
    UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver, CA) Two-phase partition affinity separation system and affinity separated cell-containing composition (6048715)  
    UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver, CA) Polysaccharide binding fusion proteins and conjugates (6124117)  
    UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY (Calgary, CA) Y-chromosome specific polynucleotide probes for prenatal sexing (5663048)  
    UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH (Guelph, CA) Hybridization process utilizing a combination of cytoplasmic male sterility and herbicide tolerance (4517763)  
    UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH (Guelph, CA) Hybridization using cytoplasmic male sterility and herbicide tolerance from nuclear genes (4658084)  
    UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH (Guelph, CA) Hybridization using cytoplasmic male sterility, cytoplasmic herbicide tolerance, and herbicide tolerance from nuclear genes (4658085)  
    UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH (Guelph, CA) Production of cole crops which exhibit triazine tolerance (4767888)  
    UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH (Guelph, CA) Cell surface modification using a novel glycoproteinase of pasteurella haemolytica (4906571)  
    UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH (Guelph, CA) Leukotoxin gene of pasteurella haemolytica (5055400)  
    UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH (Guelph, CA) Rapid stick test for the diagnosis of bovine leukemia virus infection from serum or milk (5077194)  
    UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH (Guelph, CA) Serum-free, cell-free vaccine effective against pneumonic pasteurellosis in cattle (5165924)  
    UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH (Guelph, CA) Process to induce desiccation tolerance in somatic embryos (5238835)  
    UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH (Guelph, CA) Process for the production of vaccine for prevention of Pasteurella haemolytica pneumonia in bovine (5378615)  
    UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH (Guelph, CA) Hyperproduction of shoots during a vitro regeneration of plant (5477000)  
    UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH (Guelph, CA) Process for producing seeds capable of forming F.sub.1 hybrid plants utilizing self-incompatibility (5628145)  
    UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH (Guelph, CA) S-locus receptor kinase gene in a self-incompatible brassica napus line (5821094)  
    UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH (Guelph, CA) Method for separating sex specific molecules and non-sex specific molecules (5840504)  
    UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH (Guelph, CA) Method for enriching docosahexaenoic acid in expressed milk of dairy cattle (5932257)  
    UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH (Guelph, CA) Proteins involved in the synthesis and assembly of O-antigen in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (5994072)  
    UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH (Guelph, CA) Method and apparatus for electrically treating foodstuffs for preservation (6093432)  
    UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH (Guelph, CA) Method for determining predisposition to boar taint (6107035)  
    UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH (Guelph, CA); UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO (Toronto, CA) Diagnosis for porcine malignant hyperthermia (5358649)  
    UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND (College Park, MD US); UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA (Victoria, CA) Compounds comprising gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) and methods for controlling reproduction in fish (5643877)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Vaccine for diarrhea caused by E. coli (4298597)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Anucleated live E. coli vaccine (4311797)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Bovine herpesvirus type 1 polypeptides and vaccines (5151267)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Assembled viral particles and their use in a vaccine to rotaviral disease (5298244)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Vaccines for Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (5417971)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Enhanced immunogenicity using leukotoxin chimeras (5422110)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae outer membrane lipoprotein A and uses thereof (5441736)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Desiccated conifer somatic embryos (5464769)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Pasteurella haemolytica leukotoxin compositions and uses thereof (5476657)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae transferrin binding proteins and uses thereof (5521072)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Haemophilus somnus outer membrane protein extract enriched with iron-regulated proteins (5534256)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Nucleotide sequences encoding recombinant bovine herpesvirus type-1 GI, GIII and GIV polypeptides (5585264)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Bacterial vaccines using vaccine strains of pathogenic bacteria (5747309)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Vaccines for Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (5801018)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Compositions and treatments for pneumonia in animals (5849531)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Vaccines comprising nucleotide sequences encoding bovine herpesvirus type 1 g1, g111 and gIV (5858989)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Camp factor of streptococcus uberis (5863543)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Leukotoxin vaccine compositions and uses thereof (5871750)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae transferrin binding protein vaccines and uses thereof (5876725)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Recombinant bovine herpesvirus type 1 polypeptides and immunoassays (5879895)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae outer membrane lipoprotein A and uses thereof (5891677)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Flax transformation (5973227)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Haemophilus somnus outer membrane protein extract enriched with iron-regulated proteins (5985289)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Maturation, desiccation and encapsulation of gymnosperm somatic embryos (5985667)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Recombinant bovine adenoviruses (6001591)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Bovine adenovirus expression vector system (6086890)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Recombinant bovine herpesvirus type 1 vaccines (6086902)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Nucleic acid molecules encoding Haemophilus somnus proteins (6100066)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA); AGRAQUEST, INC. (Davis, CA US) Nematicidal bacillus strain and metabolite and methods of use thereof (5733544)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA); CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Gamma-iterferon-leukotoxin gene fusions and uses thereof (5273889)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA); CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Chimeric protein comprising an RTX-family cytotoxin and interferon-2 or interferon (5594107)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA); CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Vaccines with chimeric protein comprising gamma-interferon and leukotoxin derived from pasteurella haemolytica (6096320)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (University Park, CA US); UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA (Edmonton, CA) Methods for identifying and isolating variant T4 DNA polymerases (5660980)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (University Park, CA US); UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA (Edmonton, CA) Variant DNA polymerases (5928919)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (University Park, CA US); UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA (Edmonton, CA) Synthesis of fluorophore-labeled DNA (5945312)  
    UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA ECONOMIC INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY CNCL. (Winnipeg, CA) Detection of salmonella enteritidis and other pathogenic microorganisms and monoclonal antibody useful therefor (5807694)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA) Production of improved plants having an increased tolerance to the presence of a normally deleterious concentration of a plurality of inorganic salts (4616100)  
    UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE (Knoxville, TN US); MCMASTER UNIVERSITY (Hamilton, CA) Method for delivering nucleic acids into cells (5283185)  
    UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO (Toronto, CA) Diagnosis for porcine malignant hyperthermia (6001976)  
    UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT (Burlington, VT US); MCGILL UNIVERSITY (Montreal, CA) Synergistic herbicidal compositions comprising microbial herbicides and plant growth regulators (4808207)  
    UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA (Victoria, CA) DNA encoding two fish neuropeptides (5695954)  
    UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO (Waterloo, CA) Control of senescence in fruits, vegetables and flowers (5087417)  
    UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO (Waterloo, CA) Gene for APRT from plant tissue (5770718)  
    UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO (Waterloo, CA) Cold tolerances in plants (5852172)  
    UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO (London, CA) Bacillus cereus subspecies israelensis (4609550)  
    UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. (Calgary, CA) Method for isolating and purifying transferrin and lactoferrin receptor proteins and vaccines containing the same (5141743)  
    UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. (Calgary, CA) Insect sequences for improving the efficiency of secretion of non-secreted proteins in eukaryotic cells (6037150)  
    UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. (Calgary, CA) Vaccine for conferring bacterial immunity containing lactoferrin receptor protein (6060058)  
    VETERINARY INFECTIOUS DISEASE ORG. (Saskatoon, CA) DNA encoding bovine coronavirus polypeptides E2 and E3 (5369026)  
    VETERINARY INFECTIOUS DISEASE ORG. (Saskatoon, CA) Recombinant bovine coronavirus E2 and E3 polypeptides and vaccines (5672350)  
China 3
    SHANGHAI INST. FOR BIOCHEMISTRY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (Shanghai, CN) DNA polymerase with proof-reading 3'-5' exonuclease activity Bacillus stearothermophilus (5747298)  
    SHANGHAI INST. FOR BIOCHEMISTRY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (Shanghai, CN) Bacillus stearothermophilus DNA polymerase with proof-reading 3'-5' exonuclease activity (5834253)  
    SHANGHAI INST. FOR BIOCHEMISTRY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (Shanghai, CN) DNA polymerase having ability to reduce innate selective discrimination against fluorescent dye-labeled dideoxynucleotides (6165765)  
Denmark 6
    BIOTEKNOLOGISK INSTITUT (Kolding, DK) Lactic acid bacterial regulatable expression system (6133023)  
    BIOTEKNOLOGISK INSTITUT (Kolding, DK); CHR. HANSEN A/S (Horsholm, DK) Recombinant lactic acid bacterium containing an inserted promoter and method of constructing same (5837509)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH); DENMARK ROYAL VETERINARY AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY (Copenhagen, DK) Cytochrome P-450 monooxygenases (5882851)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH); DENMARK ROYAL VETERINARY AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY (Copenhagen, DK) Cytochrome P-450 monooxygenases (6133417)  
    RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT TE GRONINGEN (Groningen, DK) Dipeptidase, its isolation from lactic acid bacteria, antibodies against the dipeptidase, the use of the dipeptidase and of the antibodies against it (4888284)  
    RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT TE GRONINGEN (Groningen, DK) Method of modifying the DNA of an organism, DNA sequence, method of detection and isolation of a gene capable of modifying the DNA of an organism and organisms comprising modified DNA (6015705)  
Egypt 1
    AGRICULTURAL GENETIC ENGINEERING RESEARCH INST. (Giza, EG); UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING (Laramie, WY US) Bacillus thuringiensis isolates with broad spectrum activity (5986177)  
Finland 4
    HELSINKI UNIVERSITY (Helsinki, FI) Virus-resistant transgenic plants (5576202)  
    HELSINKI UNIVERSITY (Helsinki, FI) Use of lipids to improve the polymerse chain reaction (5792612)  
    HELSINKI UNIVERSITY (Helsinki, FI) Virus-resistant transgenic plants comprising cells transformed with a polynucleotide encoding a potyviridae P1 protein or P1 protein fragment (5968828)  
    OULUTECH LTD. (Oulu, FI) DNA-sequence-based diagnosis of mastitis from a milk sample (5849488)  
France 13
    ECOLE NATIONALE D'INGENIEURS DES TRAVAUX (Lyon, FR) Clone of the sea kale (Crambe maritima L.), and process for vegetative propagation thereof (4665031)  
    FRANCE COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE (Paris, FR); SOCIETE USSI (Saint Quentin Yvelines, FR) Process for the selective production of polyunsaturated fatty acids from a culture of microalgae of the porphyridium cruentum (5338673)  
    GROUPEMENT CHAMPENOIS D'EXPLOITATION VITICOLE (Epernay, FR); INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Process of grafted cuttings of stock and scion from in vitro (4937971)  
    INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE (Rueil-Malmaison, FR) Process for manufacturing sweetened liquors and derivatives thereof from cellulose-containing vegetable substrates (4378432)  
    INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE (Rueil-Malmaison, FR) Production of glucose dehydrogenase and use of the resultant enzyme in the enzymatic synthesis of L-carnitine (4542098)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR); UNIVERSITE JOSEPH FOURIER (Grenoble, FR) Process for the production of a viable cell culture infected by a multiple sclerosis-associated virus (5585262)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR); UNIVERSITE JOSEPH FOURIER (Grenoble, FR) Process for the production of a viable cell culture infected by a multiple sclerosis-associated virus (5925555)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR); CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR); ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE DE LYON (Lyon, FR) Active retinoic acid-free culture medium for chicken embryonic stem cells (6114168)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR); CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES VERTERINAIRES ET ALIMENTAIRES (Paris, FR) 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)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR); UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE (Paris, FR) Nucleotide sequence encoding the enzyme I-SceI and the uses thereof (5866361)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR); UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE (Paris, FR) Nucleotide sequence encoding the enzyme I-SceI and the uses thereof (5948678)  
    SOCIETE DES DOMAINES VITICOLES MARTELL (Courbevoie, FR) Polypeptide compounds and nucleotide sequences promoting resistance to eutypa dieback in plants (6063986)  
    UNIVERSITE DE NICE-SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS (Nice, FR) Vector containing viral gene transcribed by RNA polymerase III and methods for use (5837503)  
Georgia 1
    BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY (Ludwigshafen, GE); RUTGERS UNIVERSITY (New Brunswick, NJ US) Method of using an elicitor to increase production of metabolites in biological cells (5552307)  
Germany 49
    BEHRINGWERKE AG (Marburg, DE); GESELLSCHAFT FUR BIOTECHNOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG MBH (Braunschweig, DE) Multicistronic expression units and their use (6060273)  
    CARLSBERG A/S (Copenhagen, DK); DDR AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN (Berlin, DE) Thermostable (1,3-1,4)-.beta.-glucanase (5470725)  
    DDR AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN (Berlin, DE) Device for solid phase sequencing of nucleic acid fragments (4882127)  
    DDR AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN (Berlin, DE) Composition for increasing the yield of soybeans (5055126)  
    EBERHARD-KARLS-UNIVERSITAT TUBINGEN (Tubingen, DE) Antibody 103B2 (5763274)  
    EUROPAISCHES LABORATORIUM FUR MOLEKULARBIOLOGIE (EMBL) (Heidelberg, DE) Hybridization method and probe (5053326)  
    EUROPAISCHES LABORATORIUM FUR MOLEKULARBIOLOGIE (EMBL) (Heidelberg, DE) Process for sequencing nucleic acids (5124247)  
    EUROPAISCHES LABORATORIUM FUR MOLEKULARBIOLOGIE (EMBL) (Heidelberg, DE) Apparatus for carrying out chemical reaction sequences (5137698)  
    EUROPAISCHES LABORATORIUM FUR MOLEKULARBIOLOGIE (EMBL) (Heidelberg, DE) Synthetic catalytic oligonucleotide structures (5334711)  
    EUROPAISCHES LABORATORIUM FUR MOLEKULARBIOLOGIE (EMBL) (Heidelberg, DE) Method for sequencing nucleic acids (5912118)  
    EUROPAISCHES LABORATORIUM FUR MOLEKULARBIOLOGIE (EMBL) (Heidelberg, DE) Simultaneous sequencing of nucleic acids (5976802)  
    GESELLSCHAFT FUR BIOTECHNOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG MBH (Braunschweig, DE) Enhancing the translational initiation frequency of a gene (4826764)  
    GESELLSCHAFT FUR BIOTECHNOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG MBH (Braunschweig, DE) Double-stranded vector and process using it (4863848)  
    GESELLSCHAFT FUR BIOTECHNOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG MBH (Braunschweig, DE) Process to combat harmful organisms originating in seeds or soil by means of seed treatment (5409509)  
    GESELLSCHAFT FUR BIOTECHNOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG MBH (Braunschweig, DE) Process for the production of primers and template bank therefor (5763227)  
    INST. FUR GENBIOLOGISCHE (Berlin, DE) Potato tuber specific transcriptional regulation (5436393)  
    INST. FUR GENBIOLOGISCHE (Berlin, DE) Plasmids for the production of transgenic plants that are modified in habit and yield (5492820)  
    INST. FUR GENBIOLOGISCHE (Berlin, DE) Expression cassette and plasmids for a guard cell specific expression and their use for the introduction of transgenic plant cells and plants (5538879)  
    INST. FUR GENBIOLOGISCHE (Berlin, DE) DNA sequences with oligosaccharide transporter, plasmids, bacteria and plants containing a transporter as well as a process for the preparation and transformation of yeast strains for identification of the transporter (5608146)  
    INST. FUR GENBIOLOGISCHE (Berlin, DE) DNA sequences and plasmids for the preparation of plants with changed sucrose concentration (5767365)  
    JULICH FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GMBH (Julich, DE) Purified saccharose-synthase, process for its production and its use (5750389)  
    JULICH FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GMBH (Julich, DE); DEGUSSA AG (Frankfurt, DE) Peptide amidase and the use thereof (5190875)  
    JULICH FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GMBH (Julich, DE); DEGUSSA AG (Frankfurt, DE) Peptide amidase and the use thereof (5369016)  
    MAX-PLANCK INSTITUT (Munich, DE) Methods and vectors for selectively cloning exons (5252475)  
    MAX-PLANCK INSTITUT (Munich, DE) Process for producing proteins using gram negative host cells (5268270)  
    MAX-PLANCK INSTITUT (Munich, DE) Wound-stimulated DNA-sequence from solanum tuberosum and its use (5428146)  
    MAX-PLANCK INSTITUT (Munich, DE) Method of producing pathogen-resistant plants (5633442)  
    MAX-PLANCK INSTITUT (Munich, DE) Modified ribozymes (5672695)  
    MAX-PLANCK INSTITUT (Munich, DE) Transgenic pathogen-resistant plant (5689045)  
    MAX-PLANCK INSTITUT (Munich, DE) Expression cassette for antisense expression of ribozyme (5695992)  
    MAX-PLANCK INSTITUT (Munich, DE) Fungus-responsive chimaeric gene (5723760)  
    MAX-PLANCK INSTITUT (Munich, DE) Fungus-responsive chimaeric gene (5750874)  
    MAX-PLANCK INSTITUT (Munich, DE) Process for analyzing length polymorphisms in DNA regions (