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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2005 - 2009 Utility Patent Grants,
By Calendar Year of Grant
With Patent Counts Based on Primary Patent Classification

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving 5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Having Primary Classification In

Class 800, Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes

( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to the patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( patent ownership is determined by the first-named assignee listed on a patent )

The following table displays first-named assignees and counts of their associated patents, as distributed by the year of patent grant.
First-Named Assignee 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. 102 122 175 118 173 690
MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC 28 28 115 145 224 540
STINE SEED FARM, INC. 41 61 54 31 33 220
SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG 3 23 24 49 25 124
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 25 28 34 13 15 115
D&PL TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CORP. 14 29 13 5 18 79
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 15 16 15 20 12 78
MERTEC LLC 14 23 16 17 6 76
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 12 18 17 6 8 61
BASF PLANT SCIENCE GMBH 1 3 15 15 18 52
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 4 5 8 5 7 29
SHAMROCK SEED COMPANY, INC. 0 2 0 17 7 26
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY 0 5 8 4 3 20
AGRIGENETICS, INC. 7 3 3 2 4 19
CORNELL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. 4 9 3 0 1 17
SYNGENTA (AT) LIMITED 1 4 9 2 0 16
BAYER BIOSCIENCE N.V. 1 4 6 1 3 15
CERES, INC. 0 1 5 5 4 15
COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION 5 4 0 0 6 15
SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC. 1 2 1 1 10 15
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 4 4 3 1 2 14
BIOGEMMA UK LIMITED 1 6 3 2 1 13
CALGENE LLC 3 4 3 3 0 13
DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC 0 2 3 6 2 13
HARRIS MORAN SEED COMPANY 5 0 1 4 3 13
ROSLIN INSTITUTE (EDINBURGH) 0 0 4 9 0 13
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED 2 3 5 1 2 13
DEKALB GENETICS CORPORATION 2 2 6 0 2 12
MENDEL BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 4 1 4 12
SAMUEL ROBERTS NOBLE FOUNDATION, INC. 2 1 1 3 5 12
BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG 0 0 0 1 10 11
CROPDESIGN N.V. 0 0 4 3 4 11
GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION 1 4 2 2 2 11
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 0 4 3 3 1 11
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA 0 3 3 3 2 11
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY 2 2 4 1 2 11
SUNGENE GMBH & CO. KGAA 0 0 0 8 3 11
AGRINOMICS LLC 0 0 0 1 9 10
GARST SEED COMPANY 0 5 5 0 0 10
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. 1 4 2 0 3 10
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY 2 2 2 2 2 10
SOYGENETICS, LLC 2 1 6 1 0 10
AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA 1 1 1 2 4 9
DAIRYLAND SEED CO., INC. 0 1 7 1 0 9
FRITO-LAY NORTH AMERICA, INC. 2 4 0 1 2 9
SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES 2 3 2 0 2 9
A. DUDA & SONS, INC. 1 1 1 5 0 8
ATHENIX CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 4 8
BAYER CROPSCIENCE GMBH 4 1 3 0 0 8
CARGILL, INC. 0 4 2 1 1 8
COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH 0 3 1 4 0 8
J.C.ROBINSON SEED COMPANY 2 6 0 0 0 8
NATURAL GENES, INC. 1 3 2 1 1 8
OHIO STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION 1 1 1 2 3 8
PRODIGENE, INC. 0 2 1 2 3 8
RICETEC, AG 2 0 2 3 1 8
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 0 2 4 1 1 8
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS 1 4 0 3 0 8
ARBORGEN, LLC 0 0 1 4 2 7
AVIGENICS, INC 0 2 2 2 1 7
CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS 3 1 2 1 0 7
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY 1 2 1 2 1 7
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 2 2 2 0 1 7
RIKEN CORPORATION 0 3 1 1 2 7
SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 2 1 1 1 7
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED 1 0 0 0 6 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 1 2 0 3 1 7
ACADEMIA SINICA 0 1 1 3 1 6
DELTAGEN, INC. 3 1 2 0 0 6
J. R. SIMPLOT COMPANY 0 0 1 2 3 6
LIMAGRAIN VERNEUIL HOLDING SA 0 0 1 0 5 6
MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 0 2 3 1 0 6
SENESCO, INC. 4 0 2 0 0 6
TEMASEK LIFE SCIENCES LABORATORY LIMITED 2 1 0 2 1 6
YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM 1 3 2 0 0 6
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 2 3 0 0 5
JAPAN TOBACCO INC. 0 2 0 1 2 5
KOREA KUMHO PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD. 1 3 0 1 0 5
MARTEK BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION 0 0 4 0 1 5
SUNTORY LTD. 2 2 0 0 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
WYETH 0 1 1 2 1 5


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