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Agricultural Biotechnology Intellectual Property: Standard Tables
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Summary
Utility patents by country of assignee, U.S. and non-U.S., governments only
Country Utility patents
    Assignee(s) Title (patent number)  
 Number
Australia 2
    NEW SOUTH WALES MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE (Sydney, AU) Biocontrol of take-all using Phialophora sp. (lobed hyphopodia) (5807547)  
    NEW SOUTH WALES MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE (Sydney, AU) Control of annual grass weeds (6008159)  
Belgium 1
    STATION DES CULTURES FRUITIERES ET MARAICHERES (Gembloux, BE) Composition for in vitro micropropagation of plants (4960703)  
Canada 60
    CANADA NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (Ottawa, CA) Immunoassays for discriminating between brucellosis infections and vaccinations (5006463)  
    CANADA NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (Ottawa, CA) Bioreactor for the perfusion culture of cells (5320963)  
    CANADA NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (Ottawa, CA) Construction of thermostable mutants of a low molecular mass xylanase (5405769)  
    CANADA NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (Ottawa, CA) Selectable/reporter gene for use during genetic engineering of plants and plant cells (5474929)  
    CANADA NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (Ottawa, CA) Use of compounds to enhance synchrony of germination and emergence in plants (5518995)  
    CANADA NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (Ottawa, CA) Enhanced regeneration system (5589617)  
    CANADA NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (Ottawa, CA) Bifunctional genetic markers (5639663)  
    CANADA NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (Ottawa, CA) Formulation for synthetic seed (5737872)  
    CANADA NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (Ottawa, CA) Tryptamine producing tryptophan decarboxylase gene of plant origin (5814520)  
    CANADA NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (Ottawa, CA) Modification of xylanase to improve thermophilicity, alkophilicity and thermostability (5866408)  
    CANADA NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (Ottawa, CA) Promoter for expressing foreign genes in monocotyledonous plants (5866793)  
    CANADA NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (Ottawa, CA) Testing for infestation of rapeseed and other cruciferae by the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans (blackleg infestation) (5916744)  
    CANADA NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (Ottawa, CA) Hyperabas: biologically active abscisic acid analogs with unsaturated carbon substituents at the 8'-methyl or 9'-methyl carbon atoms (6004905)  
    CANADA NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (Ottawa, CA) Modification of plant lipids and seed oils utilizing yeast SLC genes (6051755)  
    CANADA NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (Ottawa, CA) DNA sequences from brassicaceae encoding squalene epoxidase and process of raising squalene levels in plants therewith (6153815)  
    CANADIAN MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES, FOREST SERVICE (Hull, CA) Biological control for weed trees (5587158)  
    CANADIAN MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES, FOREST SERVICE (Hull, CA) Detection of plant pathogenic fungi (5792611)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA) Methods and compositions for increasing the amounts of phosphorus and/or micronutrients available for plant uptake from soils (5026417)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA) Enzyme additives for ruminant feeds (5720971)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA) Anti-sense RNA for CAB transcript to reduce chlorophyll content in plants (5773692)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA) Seed coat-specific cryptic promoter in tobacco (5824863)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA) Cold induced promoter from winter Brassica napus (5847102)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA) Induction of embryogenesis using cytoskeleton inhibitors or protein synthesis inhibitors (5900375)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA) Brassica sp. gene promoter highly expressed during stigma development (5907083)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA) Phytases of ruminal microorganisms (5939303)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA) Xylanase obtained from an anaerobic fungus (5948667)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA) DNA sequences encoding phytases of ruminal microorganisms (5985605)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA) Potatoes having improved quality characteristics and methods for their production (5998701)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA) Wheat aleurone regulatory elements (6013862)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA) Tolerance of trichothecene mycotoxins in plants and animals through the modification of the peptidyl transferase gene (6060646)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA) Regeneration of somatic embryos from plant tissues (6071746)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA) Coniothyrium minitans xylanase gene Cxy1 (6121034)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA) Xylanase obtained from an anaerobic fungus (6137032)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA); CANADA NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (Ottawa, CA) Brassica Sp. polygalacturonase gene promoter (5689053)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA); CANADA NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (Ottawa, CA) Brassica sp. gene promoter highly expressed during tapetum development (5919919)  
    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)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA); PARRHEIM FOODS (Saskatoon, CA) Insecticidal factor from field peas (5955082)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA); PHILOM BIOS (Saskatoon, CA) Method and compositions for controlling round-leaved mallow using Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. malvae, A.T.C.C. 20767 (5296369)  
    CANADIAN MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENCE (Ottawa, CA) Polysaccharide vaccine to enhance immunity against brucellosis (5951987)  
    CANADIAN MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES (Ottawa, CA) Transgenic virus (5891431)  
    CANADIAN MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES (Ottawa, CA) Fusarium avenaceum and its use as biological control agent for rubus species (5985648)  
    CANADIAN MINISTRY OF THE DEPT. OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS (Ottawa, CA) Transgenic fish and vectors therefor (5998697)  
    CANADIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL AND FORESTRY (Ottawa, CA) Process for conducting site-directed mutagenesis (5071743)  
    CANADIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL AND FORESTRY (Ottawa, CA) Method for quantitatively assaying the presence of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning toxins in marine samples (5180665)  
    CANADIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL AND FORESTRY (Ottawa, CA) Abscisic acid-related plant growth regulators - germination promoters (5201931)  
    CANADIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL AND FORESTRY (Ottawa, CA) Enzyme-based biosensor system for monitoring the freshness of fish (5288613)  
    CANADIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL AND FORESTRY (Ottawa, CA) Vertebrate poxvoris expression vector under the control of entomopoxvirus spheroidin gene promoter (5338679)  
    CANADIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL AND FORESTRY (Ottawa, CA) Isolation, quantitation and purification of insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (5356788)  
    CANADIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL AND FORESTRY (Ottawa, CA) Identification, quantitation and purification of insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (5523211)  
    CANADIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL AND FORESTRY (Ottawa, CA) Lytic .beta.-1,3-glucanase gene (5883244)  
    CANADIAN PATENTS AND DEVELOPMENT LTD. (Ottawa, CA) Enteric disease vaccine (3975517)  
    CANADIAN PATENTS AND DEVELOPMENT LTD. (Ottawa, CA) Attractant for beet webworm moths (4059689)  
    CANADIAN PATENTS AND DEVELOPMENT LTD. (Ottawa, CA) Pentose fermentation with selected yeast (4477569)  
    CANADIAN PATENTS AND DEVELOPMENT LTD. (Ottawa, CA) Bacterial enzyme used as cheese ripening aid (4690826)  
    CANADIAN PATENTS AND DEVELOPMENT LTD. (Ottawa, CA) Antigenic polysaccharide specific to Brucella abortus and Yersinia enterocolitica serotype 0:9 (4831126)  
    CANADIAN PATENTS AND DEVELOPMENT LTD. (Ottawa, CA) Cell culture bioreactor (4906577)  
    CANADIAN PATENTS AND DEVELOPMENT LTD. (Ottawa, CA) Protease for specific processing of secreted proteins (4929553)  
    CANADIAN PATENTS AND DEVELOPMENT LTD. (Ottawa, CA); COLD SPRING HARBOR LAB. (Cold Spring Harbor, NY US) Transposable linkers to transfer genetic information (4830965)  
    FORESTRY CANADA (Hull, CA) Test for determining frost hardiness of conifer seedlings and protein and antibody related thereto (5686249)  
    PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND FOOD TECHNOLOGY CENTER (Charlottetown, CA) Growth media and assay for Yersinia enterocolitica (5447849)  
China 3
    CHINA NATIONAL SEED CORP. (Peking, CN) Hybrid rice (4305225)  
    CHINA NATIONAL SEED CORP. (Peking, CN) Hybrid rice (4827664)  
    TIANJIN RESEARCH INST. OF VEGATABLE (Tianjin, CN) Method of producing virus free potato minitubers (5419079)  
Cuba 3
    CENTER FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (Havana, CU) Dextranase enzyme, method for its production and DNA encoding the enzyme (5637491)  
    CENTER FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (Havana, CU) Fructosyltransferase enzyme, method for its production and DNA encoding the enzyme (5641667)  
    CENTER FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (Havana, CU) Fructosyltransferase enzyme, method for its production and DNA encoding the enzyme (5731173)  
Finland 7
    ALKO OY AB (Helsinki, FI) Yeast strains producing cellulolytic enzymes and methods and means for constructing them (4894338)  
    ALKO OY AB (Helsinki, FI) DNA, vectors and transformed hosts encoding Trichoderma reesei endoglucanase I (5393670)  
    ALKO OY AB (Helsinki, FI) Method to increase the trehalose content of organisms by transforming them with the structural genes for the short and long chains of yeast trehalose synthase (5422254)  
    FINNISH NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INST. (Helsinki, FI) Expression vectors and methods for intracellular protein production in bascillus (5380653)  
    FINNISH NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INST. (Helsinki, FI) Method and system for enhanced production of commercially important exoproteins in gram-positive bacteria (5780261)  
    FINNISH NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INST. (Helsinki, FI) Method and system for enhanced production of commercially important exoproteins in gram-positive bacteria (5945278)  
    GENESIT OY (Helsinki, FI); ALKO OY AB (Helsinki, FI) Recombinant DNA-molecules and method for protein production (5010015)  
France 132
    CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) 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)  
    CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) Immobilized luciferase for the quantitative determination of ATP (4833075)  
    CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) Process for amplifying the expression of a specific gene in bacillus subtilis, and strains obtained (4959316)  
    CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) Application of antibiotics of the phleomycin family as selection agent in the field of genetic engineering (5021344)  
    CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) Application of antibiotics of the phleomycin family as selection agent in the field of genetic engineering (5118620)  
    CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) Lipopolyamines, their preparation and their use (5171678)  
    CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) Cloning and expression vectors in an actinomycetes strain, process for transformation of this strain, actinomycetes strain obtained and preparation of proteins (5688689)  
    CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) Nucleic acid fragments and corresponding peptide fragments from the caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus (CAEV) genome, and uses thereof (5858672)  
    CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) Procedure for the polymerization of nucleic acid sequences and its applications (5863730)  
    CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) DNA constructs related to capsanthin capsorubin synthase, cells and plants derived therefrom (5880332)  
    CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) Neurotropic growth factors comprising a homeobox peptide (5888762)  
    CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) 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)  
    CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) DNA sequences coding for a cinnamoyl CoA reductase and their uses in the field of regulating the lignin levels of plants (6015943)  
    CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) Phytopathogenic geminivirus resistant transgenic plants and seeds and methods for obtaining same by introduction of mutated C1 gene (6133505)  
    CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR); INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Substance with lipo-oligosaccharide structure capable of acting as plant-specific symbiotic signals, processes for producing them and their applications (5549718)  
    EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (Paris, FR) Process for creating, in particular in the earth gravitational field conditions of microgravity for cell culture (5093260)  
    FRANCE COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE (Paris, FR) Apparatus for the intensive, controlled production of microorganisms by photosynthesis (4868123)  
    FRANCE COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE (Paris, FR) Method for producing pyruvic acid by fermentation (4918013)  
    FRANCE COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE (Paris, FR) Mineral hollow fiber bioreactor for the cultivation of animal cells (5064764)  
    FRANCE COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE (Paris, FR) Basic protein phospholiphase A2 (5164315)  
    FRANCE COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE (Paris, FR) Process for the production and extraction of antioxidants from a micro-organism culture (5179012)  
    FRANCE COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE (Paris, FR) Hybrid proteins between an extracytoplasmic enzyme and at least another protein, method for preparing them and also their applications (5362644)  
    FRANCE COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE (Paris, FR) Chimeric proteins activating polymerase III transcription, use thereof for detecting and analysing protein-protein interactions and genes coding for said proteins (5905025)  
    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)  
    FRANCE DELEGUE GENERAL POUR A'ARMEMENT (Paris, FR) Process for detection of new polymorphic loci in a DNA sequence, nucleotide sequences forming hybridization probes and their applications (5556955)  
    FRANCE DELEGUE GENERAL POUR A'ARMEMENT (Paris, FR) Process of selecting and/or obtaining probes capable of detecting new variable number tandem repeat regions (5573912)  
    FRANCE MINISTERIEL POUR L'ARMEMENT (Armees, FR) VNTR probes and methods of using thereof (5716786)  
    FRANCEAGENCE NATIONALE DE VALORISATION DE LA RECHERCHE (Paris, FR) Process for obtaining variants of plants with improved characteristics (4003156)  
    FRANCEAGENCE NATIONALE DE VALORISATION DE LA RECHERCHE (Paris, FR) Preparation of active proteins cross-linked to inactive proteins (4004979)  
    FRANCEAGENCE NATIONALE DE VALORISATION DE LA RECHERCHE (Paris, FR) Acetylated watersoluble extracts of corynebacteria, process for obtaining them and their use (4014992)  
    FRANCEAGENCE NATIONALE DE VALORISATION DE LA RECHERCHE (Paris, FR) Immunological agents (4152423)  
    FRANCEAGENCE NATIONALE DE VALORISATION DE LA RECHERCHE (Paris, FR) Microbiological process for controlling the productivity of cultivated plants (4155737)  
    FRANCEAGENCE NATIONALE DE VALORISATION DE LA RECHERCHE (Paris, FR) Method and composition for the detection and study of cellular activity or the like and means for applying such method (4390620)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL); INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Process for obtaining aroma components and aromas from their precursors of a glycosidic nature, and aroma components and aromas thereby obtained (6106872)  
    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)  
    INST. NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE TOULOUSE (Paris, FR) Process for producing fatty acids or derivatives thereof from oleaginous plants (5942659)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR); FRANCE MINISTERE DE L'AGRICULTURE VETERINAIRES LABORATOIRE NATIONAL (Ploufragan, FR) Method for the culture of the TRT/SHS virus, and vaccine therefrom, especially for the treatment of turkeys (4810493)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Protein obtained from cakes of vegetable origin (3969338)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Product for prevention against ophiobolus take-all in cereals and the like (3987165)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Process for the treatment of cakes and seeds of vegetable origin (4085229)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Continuous manufacture of cheese (4131688)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Process and apparatus for the continuous manufacture of cheese (4224865)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Process for producing food proteins from Trichoderma Album (4238567)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Process for producing food proteins of fungal origin or from multicellular organisms fementation apparatus and proteins so-produced (4330560)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Animal vaccine, against colibacillosis, preparation and use (4343792)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Preparation of Salmonella abortus ovis strains and vaccine compositions containing them (4350684)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Method for conditioning and preserving eggs of insect oophage parasites or process for conditioning and preservation of eggs of oophagous parasites of insects (4370946)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Total enzymatic hydrolysate from whey proteins and process of obtaining the same (4427658)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Animal vaccine against colibacillosis, preparation and use (4443547)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Process for recovering the whey proteins, the application thereof to cheese-making and the resulting cheeses (4518616)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Microorganisms of the Phanerochaete chrysosporium strain and their use (4889807)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Cloning or expression vectors containing the avian erythroblastosis virus genome and cells transfected by these vectors (4957865)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Microbial method for producing lignin peroxidase (5153121)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) ARS sequence which is efficacious in yarrowia lipolytica (5212087)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Avian erythroblastosis virus vectors for integration and expression of heterologous genes in avian cells (5252465)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Method for enhancing the earliness of a plant and/or lowering the content of nitrates stored in the plant (5569833)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Modified baculovirus and baculovirus expression vectors (5571709)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Modified baculovirus, its preparation process and its application as a gene expression vector (5583023)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Cloning and expression of the gene of the malolactic enzyme of Lactococcus lactis (5587304)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) DNA fragments coding for a bacteriophage-resistant mechanism (5629182)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Ornamental character of scented geraniums by genetic transformation (5648598)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Process for modulating the behavior of worker bees by means of brood pheromones (5695383)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Yeast strains expressing the lactic lacticodeshydrogenase gene and vectors useful in producing said strains (5712152)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Filamentous fungus proteins for binding and transporting lipids, method for preparing them and their applications (5717070)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) DNA sequence imparting cytoplasmic male sterility, mitochondrial genome, nuclear genome, mitochondria and plant containing said sequence and process for the preparation of hybrids (5789566)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Methods for using a temperature-sensitive plasmid (5919678)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Phanerochaete chrysospoirium strains CNCM I-1511, I-1512 and I-1513 for producing lignin peroxidase and manganese peroxidase (5972672)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Temperature-sensitive plasmid (6025190)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) .beta.-glucosidase from filamentous fungi, and uses thereof (6087131)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) ClpG subunit of CS31A protein capsule containing heterologous peptides (6096321)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Enzyme and microorganism degrading rhamnogalacturonane II (6103506)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Aspergillus niger which produces vanillic acid from ferulic acid (6162637)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR); CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) Process for combatting "varroatosis" by biological means and devices for implementing this process (5135758)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR); CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) Sphingophospholipids containing inositol, and their application as inducers of resistance to various cryptogamic diseases in plants (5154748)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR); CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) Plasmid replication origin increasing the copy number of the plasmid containing the said origin (5565333)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR); CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) Nucleotide sequences permitting the replication and maintenance of a genetic information in animal cells (5597689)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR); CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) Broad host spectrum rhizobiaceae nodulation signals (5646018)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR); CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) Method for regulating the expression of a gene in a baculovirus using a retinoic acid receptor binding site and vector therefor (5939285)  
    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 NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR); INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR); FRANCE COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE (Paris, FR) Specific DNA molecular probes for Bos-type male genome (5328827)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (Paris, FR) Modular apparatus for cell culture (4696902)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (Paris, FR) Serum-free animal cell culture medium and methods for the primary culture and production of cell lines using this medium (4786599)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (Paris, FR); INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) 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)  
    INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (Paris, FR); INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Process for determining the quantity of a DNA fragment of interest by a method of enzymatic amplification of DNA (5747246)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Stabilizing agents for live viruses for preparing vaccines, and stabilized vaccines containing said stabilizing agents (4500512)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Conjugate obtained by coupling a lectin and a specific ligand, containing such a conjugate and its applications in biology (4526871)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Transhybridomas (5073490)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Probe containing a modified nucleic acid recognizable by specific antibodies and use of this probe to detect and characterize a homologous dna sequence (5098825)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Adenyl cyclase derivatives and their biological uses (5183745)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) 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)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Non-hemolytic mosquitocidal microorganisms (5304484)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Method for detecting Listeria monocytogenes (5389513)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) DNA probes specific for hemolytic listeria (5523205)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) DNA sequences derived from papillomavirus HPV-33 genome (5554538)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Probes, diagnostic method and immunization method based on papillomavirus types HPV 49 and HPV 50 (5591574)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Method of detecting and characterizing a nucleic acid or a sequence of the latter, and enzymatic reactant for the application of this method (5605800)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Nucleotide sequences and proteins conferring cycloheximide resistance (5641674)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Nucleotide sequences which hybridize specifically with bacterial strains of the mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (5650272)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Non-hemolytic mosquitocidal microorganisms (5736513)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Method for generating structural and functional diversity in a peptide sequence (5756323)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Nucleotide sequence encoding the enzyme I-SceI and the uses thereof (5792632)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Derivatives utilizable in nucleic acid sequencing (5798210)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Clostridium bifermentans DNA fragment bearing genes coding for proteins linked to an insecticidal activity (5830722)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Recombinant Bacillus anthracis strains unable to produce the lethal factor protein or edema factor protein (5840312)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Method for hypermutagenesis of nucleotides (5843730)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Regulatory nucleotide sequence of the initiation of transcription (5858773)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Nucleotide sequences and proteins conferring cycloheximide resistance (5958687)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Nucleotide sequence encoding the enzyme I-SceI and the uses thereof (5962327)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Nucleotide sequences coding for polypeptides endowed with a larvicidal activity towards lepidoptera (6110734)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Surfaces for biological reactions, process for preparing them and process for their use (6130044)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR) Regulatory nucleotide sequence of the initiation of transcription (6153404)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR); CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) Probes comprising modified adenine groups, their preparation and their uses (4842996)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR); CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) Process for aligning, adhering and stretching nucleic acid strands on a support surface by passage through a meniscus (5840862)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR); CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) DNA fragment encoding insecticidal crystal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (5928891)  
    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); INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Gram-positive bacteria replicon (5766586)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR); INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Nucleotide sequences coding for polypeptides endowed with a larvicidal activity towards lepidoptera (5792928)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR); INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Expression of a gram-positive bacteria replicon (5928897)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR); INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Strains of Bacillus thuringiensis and pesticide composition containing them (6096306)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR); INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Nucleotide sequences for the control of the expression of DNA sequences in a cell host (6140104)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR); INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (Paris, FR) Vectors for the insertion therein of foreign DNA fragments, according to any translation phase (4371625)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR); INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (Paris, FR) Oligonucleotide probes and methods for detecting by hybridization the nucleic acids of bacteria and other living organisms (5407797)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR); INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (Paris, FR) Nucleic acids derived from Salmonella typhi and detection of Salmonella using thereof (5618666)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR); INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (Paris, FR) Nucleic acid sequences from Salmonella typhi for in vitro diagnosis in foodstuffs (5681716)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR); INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (Paris, FR) Nucleotide sequences coding for a protein with urease activity (5695931)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR); INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (Paris, FR) 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)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR); INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (Paris, FR) 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)  
    INSTITUT PASTEUR (Paris, FR); INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (Paris, FR) Oligonucleotides for the detection of salmonella (6080545)  
    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)  
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, CA US); INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Promoters for enhancing plant productivity (5962670)  
    UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (Gainesville, FL US); INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR); CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) Toxic metabolic product of Hirsutella sp. (5338675)  
Germany 1
    DIESSEL, S. GMBH AND CO. (Hildesheim, DE); GBF GESELLSCHAFT FUER BIOTECHNOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG MBH (Brunswick, DE) Cell-culture apparatus (4774187)  
Hungary 1
    GLAVNO UPRAVLENIE RASTENIEVADSTVO PRI MZHP (Sofia, HU) Method of propagating selected filbert varieties (4138801)  
India 5
    INDIA COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (New Delhi, IN) Strain of Cephalosporium having ATCC accession no. 74297, a process of isolating said strain of Cephalosporium and a process for preparing extracellular endoxylanase (5534429)  
    INDIA COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (New Delhi, IN) Cultural medium for bamboo shoot sprouting and multiplication and a method for sprouting and multiplication of bamboo plantlets (5750401)  
    INDIA COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (New Delhi, IN) Process for producing polypeptides (5830690)  
    INDIA COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (New Delhi, IN) Tissue culture process for producing a large number of viable mint plants in vitro from internodal segments (5898001)  
    INDIA COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (New Delhi, IN) Process for the preparation of semisynthetic amplicon useful for sex determination of the papaya plant (6037128)  
Ireland 1
    NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORP. (Dublin, IE) Dicarboxylic acid transport genes (5077209)  
Israel 8
    ISRAEL INST. FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH (Beit Dagan, IL) Bovine interferon (4877865)  
    ISRAEL MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (Tel Aviv, IL) Enhancement of reproductive plant development by means of choline salts (4309205)  
    ISRAEL MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (Tel Aviv, IL) Method of preventing virus increase in plants (4520020)  
    ISRAEL MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (Tel Aviv, IL) Infra short-day strawberry types (5444179)  
    ISRAEL MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (Tel Aviv, IL) Method for the induction of genetic parthenocarpy in plants (6114602)  
    ISRAEL MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE (Jerusalem, IL); YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CO., HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM (Jerusalem, IL) Supported polyionic hydrogels containing biologically active material (5648252)  
    ISRAELI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER (Yavne, IL) Analyte specific chemical sensor with a ligand and an analogue bound on the sensing surface (5156972)  
    U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (Washington, DC US); ISRAEL MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (Tel Aviv, IL) Pichia guilliermondii (Anamorph Candida guilliermondii) useful for the biological control of postharvest rots in fruits (5041384)  
Italy 1
    ITALY MINISTRO PER … RICERCA SCIENTIFICIA E TECNOLOGICA (Rome, IT) Bacillus thuringiensis var. donegani preparate or toxin obtained from it, endowed with insecticide activity against Coleoptera (5120536)  
Japan 67
    AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Tokyo, JP) Process for recovering cellulases (4746611)  
    AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Tokyo, JP) Chimeric fused monooxygenase of cytochrome P-450 and NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase (5114852)  
    AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing deacetylase from Vibrio cholerea IFO 15429 (5252468)  
    AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Tokyo, JP) Chimeric fused monooxygenase of cytochrome P-450 and NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase (5436159)  
    AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Tokyo, JP) RNA transcription system using novel ribozyme (5500357)  
    AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Tokyo, JP) Variant-type carbohydrate hydrolase, variant gene of the enzyme and method for producing oligosaccharide using the enzyme (5538882)  
    AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Tokyo, JP) Variant-type carbohydrate hydrolase, variant gene of the enzyme and method for producing oligosaccharide using the enzyme (5631149)  
    AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Tokyo, JP) Variant-type carbohydrate hydrolase, variant gene of the enzyme and method for producing oligosaccharide using the enzyme (5635378)  
    AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Tokyo, JP) Plant growth promoter (6117815)  
    AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Tokyo, JP); JAPAN MINISTRY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY (Tokyo, JP) 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)  
    AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Tokyo, JP); JAPAN MINISTRY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY (Tokyo, JP) Bacillus subtilis strain whose extracellular protease activities are reduced, method for obtaining the strain and method for secreting proteins by using the strain (5084383)  
    AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Tokyo, JP); JAPAN MINISTRY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY (Tokyo, JP) Thermostable tryptophan synthetase gene and extremely thermophilic plasmid vector incorporating said gene (5120658)  
    AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Tokyo, JP); JAPAN MINISTRY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY (Tokyo, JP) Hammerhead ribozymes with enhanced stability provided by an additional 3' ha (5436330)  
    AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Tokyo, JP); JAPAN MINISTRY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY (Tokyo, JP) Fluorine-containing .beta.-indolebutyric acid compounds, and regulation of plant growth therewith (5496794)  
    AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Tokyo, JP); JAPAN MINISTRY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY (Tokyo, JP) 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)  
    CHEMO-SERO-THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH INST. (Kumamoto, JP); JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY (Tokyo, JP) Shuttle vector (5707862)  
    HOKKAIDO NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT STATION (Sapporo, JP) Oligonucleotide for detecting stripe disease resistant rices, and a method for using the oligonucleotide to detect stripe disease resistant rices (5783395)