| Table 6-7 |
| Top 25 biotechnology patenting organizations: 1977–2003 |
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| Company |
Patents |
Share of group |
Share of total |
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| All organizations |
89,448 |
na |
100.00 |
| University of California |
1,585 |
10.54 |
1.77 |
| U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
1,021 |
6.79 |
1.14 |
| Merck and Co., Inc. |
943 |
6.27 |
1.05 |
| Genentech, Inc. |
792 |
5.27 |
0.89 |
| Yoder Brothers, Inc. |
729 |
4.85 |
0.82 |
| Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. |
693 |
4.61 |
0.77 |
| Eli Lilly and Company |
674 |
4.48 |
0.75 |
| Abbott Laboratories |
654 |
4.35 |
0.73 |
| Smithkline Beecham Corporation |
636 |
4.23 |
0.71 |
| University of Texas |
576 |
3.83 |
0.64 |
| Incyte Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
572 |
3.80 |
0.64 |
| Boehringer Mannheim G.M.B.H. |
549 |
3.65 |
0.61 |
| Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
512 |
3.40 |
0.57 |
| Novo Nordisk A/S |
490 |
3.26 |
0.55 |
| Chiron Corporation |
484 |
3.22 |
0.54 |
| E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company |
461 |
3.07 |
0.52 |
| Becton, Dickinson and Company |
427 |
2.84 |
0.48 |
| Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. |
426 |
2.83 |
0.48 |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture |
418 |
2.78 |
0.47 |
| General Hospital Corporation |
414 |
2.75 |
0.46 |
| Johns Hopkins University |
412 |
2.74 |
0.46 |
| Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft |
402 |
2.67 |
0.45 |
| Institut Pasteur |
395 |
2.63 |
0.44 |
| Miles Inc. |
387 |
2.57 |
0.43 |
| Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd. |
387 |
2.57 |
0.43 |
| Subtotal |
15,039 |
100.00 |
16.81 |
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na = not applicable
SOURCE: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Office of Electronic Information Products, Patent Technology Monitoring Division, special tabulations (January 2005). |
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