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Abandoned Rice Patent Applications

Many applications never make it to becoming actual patents, but are rather abandoned during the examination process. When this occurs, the inventions disclosed in the patent application become available for public to use, as long as they are not the subject of another granted patent. For U.S. applications reciting rice sequences in the claims, we found that roughly 30% are abandoned (Figure 1). The table below shows the applications that recite rice sequences (or sequences highly similar to rice) in the claims that are abandoned, and that did not have any pending continuations as of March 2008.

Figure 1: Pending vs. Abandoned U.S. Rice Patent Applications

Pending vs. Abandoned Rice Applications

Application No.

Assignee

Title

No. of Sequences in Claims

Status Date

20050150008

Agrigenesis Biosciences Limited

Wrightson Seeds Limited

Compositions isolated from forage grasses and methods of use

190

30 Jan '08

20030237108

Agrigenesis Biosciences Limited

Compositions isolated from forage grasses and methods for their use

88

20 March '08

20070054278

Applera Corporation

Polymorphisms in nucleic acid molecules encoding human enzyme proteins,methods of detection and uses thereof

558824

30 Jan '08

20010036654

ARCH Development Corporation

Canola acetyl-CoA carboxylase compositions and methods of use

14

30 Jan '08

20020115085

Avalon Pharmaceuticals

Cancer gene determination and therapeutic screening using signature
gene sets

318

20 March '08

20040023395

Bionox, Inc.

Transgenic tetraploid plants and methods of production

46

31 Jan '08

20020092041

California, The Regents of the University of

PROCEDURES AND MATERIALS FOR CONFERRING DISEASE RESISTANCE
IN PLANTS

12

31 Jan '08

20040221332

Cropdesign N.V.

Plant growth regulating genes, proteins and uses thereof

104

31 Jan '08

20010010931

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

Plant glycolysis and respiration enzymes

20

31 Jan '08

20020001843

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

Starch biosynthetic enzymes

20

20 March '08

20020009801

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

Amino acid decarboxylases

20

31 Jan '08

20020066120

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

PLANT MYB-RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS

50

20 March '08

20020119546

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

Squalene synthesis enzymes

16

31 Jan '08

20020152497

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

Nucleic acid fragments encoding proteins involved in stress response

104

20 March '08

20020182704

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

Plant proteinases

56

20 March '08

20020187539

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

Plant myb-related transcription factors

50

31 Jan '08

20030003471

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

cDNAs encoding polypeptides

106

20 March '08

20030017978

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

Spf1-related transcription factors

12

31 Jan '08

20030066102

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

Plant gene for p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase

9

31 Jan '08

20030082787

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

Plant histidine biosynthetic enzymes

7

31 Jan '08

20030084475

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

Nucleic acid fragments and proteins affecting storage organelle formation and
methods of use

14

31 Jan '08

20030088083

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

Metal-binding proteins

14

31 Jan '08

20030088882

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

Fructokinase

12

31 Jan '08

20030104593

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

Plant sorbitol biosynthetic

22

20 March '08

20030119165

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

Plant transcription factors

43

31 Jan '08

20030140372

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

Genes for desaturases to alter lipid profiles in corn

19

31 Jan '08

20030167508

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

Novel plant tryptophan synthase beta subunit

10

31 Jan '08

20030167509

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

Plant histidine biosynthetic enzymes

2

31 Jan '08

20030177522

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

Plant folate biosynthetic genes

2

31 Jan '08

20030186362

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

Plant cell cycle regulatory proteins

18

31 Jan '08

20030217384

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

Obtusifoliol 14a-demethylase

4

31 Jan '08

20040064848

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

Chorismate biosynthesis enzymes

28

31 Jan '08

20040214216

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

Plant amino acyl-tRNA synthetase

6

31 Jan '08

20060005277

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

cDNAs encoding polypeptides

106

31 Jan '08

20030172411

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, Inc.

Disease resistance factors

16

20 March '08

20050074862

E I du Pont De Nemours and Company

PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, Inc.

Polynucleotides encoding defense responde proteins

2

31 Jan '08

20020045592

ELITRA PHARMACEUTICALS, Inc

Genes identified as required for proliferation in escherichia coli

397

31 Jan '08

20030177524

FALCO SAVERIO CARL; RAFALSKI J. ANTONI; WENG ZUDE

Gene involved in pyrimidine biosynthesis in plants

8

31 Jan '08

20030188334

Famodu Omolayo O; Maxwell Carl A

Magnesium chelatase

2

31 Jan '08

20030170845

Famodu Omolayo O; Orozco Emil M

Tetrahydrofolate metabolic enzymes

70

31 Jan '08

20030177532

Gemstar (Cambridge) Limited

Manipulation of starch granule size and number

24

31 Jan '08

20030200564

Gemstar (Cambridge) Limited

Starch modification

35

31 Jan '08

20050144667

Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Limited, The

Plant polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding same

12

31 Jan '08

20040048253

Incyte Corporation

Molecules for diagnostics and therapeutics

422

31 Jan '08

20030134283

Incyte Genomics, Inc.

Genes regulated in dendritic cell differentiation

260

31 Jan '08

20030106106

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

Flower organ-specific gene and its promoter sequence

1

31 Jan '08

20020194646

Large Scale Biology Corporation

Methods of creating dwarf phenotypes in plants

122

31 Jan '08

20030162291

McGill University

Clk-2, cex-7 and coq-4 genes, and uses thereof

50

20 March '08

20030181408

Merck & Co., Inc.

Genes essential for microbial proliferation and antisense thereto

469

31 Jan '08

20040029129

Merck & Co., Inc.

Identification of essential genes in microorganisms

78581

31 Jan '08

20020170089

Millennium Pharmaceuticals

Nucleic acids encoding defense inducible proteins and uses thereof

22

31 Jan '08

20020192813

Monsanto Technology

PLANT EXPRESSION VECTORS

6

31 Jan '08

20030165947

Monsanto Technology

Plant regulatory sequences for selective control of gene expression

28

31 Jan '08

20040093638

Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Method for promoting fatty acid synthesis in a plant

2

31 Jan '08

20040091860

National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences

Rice peroxidases with various characteristics

21

31 Jan '08

20050034189

National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences

Chitin oligosaccharide elicitor- and gibberellin-responsive genes in plants,
and uses thereof

4

31 Jan '08

20040229233

NGK Insulators, Ltd.

Human housekeeping genes and human-tissue specific genes

200

31 Jan '08

20050196754

Nuvelo, Inc.

Novel nucleic acids and polypeptides

60736

31 Jan '08

20060123505

National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences

RIKEN

Foundation for Advancement of InterNational Science

Full-length plant cDNA and uses thereof

56791

31 Jan '08

20030203372

Oxford Biomedica (UK) Ltd.

Analysis method

497

31 Jan '08

20020142319

Paradigm Genetics Inc.

Expressed sequences of Arabidopsis thaliana

900

31 Jan '08

20030115639

Paradigm Genetics Inc.

Expressed sequences of arabidopsis thaliana

999

31 Jan '08

20020023281

Paradigm Genetics Inc.

Expressed sequences of arabidopsis thaliana

999

31 Jan '08

20030167505

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.

Cell cycle nucleic acids, polypeptides and uses thereof

2

20 March '08

20040068767

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.

Maize cellulose synthases and uses thereof

6

1 Feb '08

20040078844

Plant Bioscience Limited

Morphochem AG

Methods and means for gene silencing

3

1 Feb '08

20020108140

Purdue Research Foundation

COMPOSITIONS and METHODS FOR ENHANCING DISEASE RESISTANCE IN PLANTS

35

20 March '08

20020076775

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.

WRKY transcription factors and methods of use

36

1 Feb '08

20050055748

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.

Stress-responsive genes, regulatory elements, and methods of use for same

14

1 Feb '08

20040019931

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc

Methods and compositions for modifying oil and protein content in plants

6

1 Feb '08

20070020637

Research Association for Biotechnology

Full-length cDNA

4990

1 Feb '08

20040010815

Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc.

Identification and characterization of plant genes

414

1 Feb '08

20030049814

Syngenta Limited

Herbicide resistant plants

4

1 Feb '08

20030079246

Syngenta Limited

Herbicide resistant plants

4

1 Feb '08

20030135888

Syngenta Participations AG

Genes that are modulated by posttranscriptional gene silencing

649

1 Feb '08

20030145347

Syngenta Participations AG

Grain processing method and transgenic plants useful therein

9

1 Feb '08

20040060084

Syngenta Participations AG

DNA comprising rice anther-specific gene and transgenic plant transformed
therewith

6

1 Feb '08

20050132438

Syngenta Participations AG

Novel monocotylednous plant genes and uses thereof

20

1 Feb '08

20070016976

Syngenta Participations AG

Plant genes involved in defense against pathogens

19

1 Feb '08

20010051713

Syngenta

DNA comprising rice anther-specific gene and transgenic plant transformed
therewith

6

20 March '08

20040219675

Syngenta

Nucleic acid molecules from rice encoding proteins for abiotic stresstolerance,
enhanced yeild, disease resistance and altered nutritional qualityand uses thereof

64

1 Feb '08

20070089201

The Dow Chemical Company

DFB Biotech, Inc.

Plant production of immunoglobulins with reduced fucosylation

12

1 Feb '08

20040083501

United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture

Plant genes that confer resistance to strains of Magnaporthe grisea having
AVR CO39 cultivar specificity gene

5

4 Feb '08

20040103453

Universitat Zurich

Syngenta Participations AG

Lipoxygenase genes, promoters, transit peptides and proteins thereof

10

4 Feb '08

20030217389

Washington State University Research Foundation

Novel peptides and methods of use

34

4 Feb '08

20030165870

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Novel sequences of E. coli CFT073

252

4 Feb '08

20020137139

unknown

Nucleic acid and other molecules associated with lactation and muscle
and fat deposition

15122

4 Feb '08

20030166241

unknown

Plant amino acyl-tRNA synthetase

22

20 March '08

20040006788

unknown

Procedures and materials for conferring disease resistance in plants

12

4 Feb '08

20040060081

unknown

Plant genes that confer resistance to strains of magnaporthe grisea havingavri
co39 cultivar specificity gene

8

20 March '08

20040096875

unknown

Novel gene for controlling leaf shapes

2

4 Feb '08

20040199944

unknown

Maize H3C4 promoter combined with the first intron of rice actin, chimericgene
comprising it and transformed plant

3

5 Feb '08

20060026704

unknown

Vector for the production of transplastomic angiosperm plants

5

20 March '08

20060026721

unknown

Plant cellulose synthases

22

20 March '08

20070060743

unknown

Novel nucleic acids and polypeptides

8051

4 Feb '08

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