Data Sets

Agricultural Biotechnology Intellectual Property: Standard Tables

Patent holder links take you to the relevant patent list within the Detail table.

Top 100 patent holders, U.S. and non-U.S., companies only (excluding subsidiaries)
Rank	U.S. and non-U.S., companies only (excluding subsidiaries)	Utility patents held
		Number
1	U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE	315
2	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA	221
3	BAYER AG	154
4	NOVARTIS AG	142
5	HOECHST JAPAN LTD.	134
6	AJINOMOTO CO. INC.	127
7	CORNELL UNIVERSITY	102
8	MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY	94
9	WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION	92
10	NOVO-NORDISK A/S	90
11	BASF AG	89
12	ZENECA LTD.	89
13	CIBA-GEIGY AG	85
14	KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD	84
15	AKZO NOBEL BV	82
16	IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY	78
17	Individual inventor(s)	68
18	NESTEC, S.A.	64
19	IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC	62
20	PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS	62
21	UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA	57
22	UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	57
23	NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY	56
24	MASSACHUSETTS INST. OF TECHNOLOGY	55
25	INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA)	53
26	HARVARD COLLEGE	52
27	GIST-BROCADES N.V.	50
28	SANDOZ LTD.	50
29	INSTITUT PASTEUR	49
30	PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION	49
31	UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION	49
32	HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.	48
33	RHONE-POULENC S.A.	47
34	BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH	46
35	U.S. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	46
36	SALK INST. FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES	45
37	RUTGERS UNIVERSITY	40
38	LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY	38
39	UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS	38
40	STANFORD UNIVERSITY	36
41	TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD.	34
42	BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE	33
43	SUNY RESEARCH FOUNDATION	32
44	UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN	32
45	JAPAN MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES	31
46	COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO)	30
47	TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY	30
48	UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V.	30
49	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND	30
50	HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K.	29
51	WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY	29
52	JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY	27
53	SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD.	27
54	CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE	26
55	COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY	26
56	HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.	26
57	CALIFORNIA INST. OF TECHNOLOGY	25
58	INSTITUT MERIEUX	25
59	JAPAN TOBACCO INC.	25
60	UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA	25
61	KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD.	24
62	MAX-PLANCK INSTITUT	24
63	MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V.	24
64	OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY	24
65	SCHERING AG	24
66	SCRIPPS RESEARCH INST.	24
67	WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY	24
68	RESEARCH CORP.	23
69	MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORP.	22
70	UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY	22
71	UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS	22
72	CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD	21
73	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY	21
74	UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	20
75	AGRICULTURAL GENETICS CO., LTD.	19
76	PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.	19
77	TOYO BOSEKI K. K.	19
78	UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH	19
79	YALE UNIVERSITY	19
80	KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION	18
81	ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY	18
82	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII	18
83	UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY, NEW JERSEY	18
84	CANADA NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL	17
85	MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD.	17
86	MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY	17
87	SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC.	17
88	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH	17
89	YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CO., HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM	17
90	BEHRINGWERKE AG	16
91	HENKEL & CIE GMBH	16
92	NATIONAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORP. (UK)	16
93	AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	15
94	NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.	15
95	SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD.	15
96	SUNTORY LTD.	15
97	TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.	15
98	UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA	15
99	UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN	15
100	BOYCE THOMPSON INST. FOR PLANT RESEARCH, INC.	14
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 12:44:54 PM

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Updated date: August 26, 2004