Le grandi compagnie

ABS Global
http://www.absglobal.com/

Accelerated Genetics
http://www.accelgen.com/

Agraquest
http://www.agraquest.com/

AgrEvo
http://www.agrevo.com/
http://www.agrevo-usa.com/

Agritope
http://www.agritope.com/

American Ag-Tec International
http://www.ag-tec.com/

American Cyanamid
http://www.cyanamid.com/

Applied Phytologics
http://www.ns.net/apinc/index.html

Asgrow
http://www.asgrow.com/

Avigenics
http://www.avigenics.com/

Axis Genetics
http://www.axisgenetics.co.uk/

Bioresearch Ireland
http://www.forbairt.ie/bioresearch

Biosource Technologies
http://www.biosource-bti.com/

BioWorks
http://www.bioworksbiocontrol.com/

BTG
http://www.btgplc.com/

Cargill
http://www.cargill.com/

Danisco
http://www.danisco.dk/

DeKalb Genetics
http://www.dekalb.com/

Diversa
http://www.diversa.com/

Dow AgroSciences
http://www.dowagro.com/

Dow Elanco
http://www.dowelanco.com/

DuPont
http://www.dupont.com/

DuPont Ag Products
http://www.dupont.com/ag/us/

ExSeed Genetics
http://exseed.com/

ForBio
http://www.forbio.com/

Gala Design
http://www.gala.com/

Garst Seed Company
http://www.garstseed.com/

Genzyme
http://www.genzyme.com

Genzyme Transgenics
http://www.genzyme.com/ir/gztc/

Geron
http://www.geron.com/

Gist-brocades
http://www.gist-brocades.nl

Groupe Danone
http://www.danone.com

Hoechst
http://www.hoechst.com/

Infigen, Inc.,
http://www.infigen.com/

Japan Tobacco
http://www.jti.co.jp

Kemira
http://www.kemira.com/

Kimeragen
http://www.kimerageninc.com/

Lexicon Genetics
http://www.lexgen.com

Limagrain
http://www.limagrain.com/

Lubrizol
http://www.lubrizol.com/

Maxygen
http://www.maxygen.com/

Merck
http://www.merck.com

Millennium Pharmaceuticals
http://www.mlnm.com/

Monsanto
http://www.monsanto.com/

Mycogen
http://www.mycogen.com/

Nexia Biotechnologies
http://www.nexiabiotech.com/

Novartis
http://www.novartis.com/

Novo Nordisk
http://www.novo.dk/

Paradigm Genetics
http://www.paradigmgenetics.com/

Perkin-Elmer
http://www.perkin-elmer.com/

Pfizer
http://www.pfizer.com

Pharming
http://www.pharming.com/

Pig Improvement Company
http://www.pic.com/

Pioneer Hi-Bred
http://www.pioneer.com/

PPL
http://www.ppl-therapeutics.com/

Quiagen
http://www.qiagen.com

Rhone-Poulenc
http://www.rhone-poulenc.com/

Ribozyme Pharm
http://www.rpi.com/

Rosgen
http://rosgen.co.uk/

Sangamo BioSciences
http://www.sangamo.com/

Seminis Seeds
http://www.svseeds.com/

SemBioSys Genetics Inc.
http://molomac1.bio.ucalgary.ca/Sembiosys.html

http://www.svseeds.com/Stoneville
http://www.stoneville.com/

Unilever
http://www.unilever.com/

Vetrepharm
http://www.vetrepharm.com/index.html

Zeneca
http://www.zeneca.com/

Zeneca USA
http://www.usa.zeneca.com/

ASEAN Biotechnology Database
http://biomed.nus.sg/ABD/BiotechADb.html

Siti governativi

BioGuide - UK Department of Trade and Industry guide to regulations and support
http://dtiinfo1.dti.gov.uk/bioguide/

Biotechnology Information System (BTIS) Department of Biotechnology (DBT), India
http://www.nic.in:80/India-Image/btis/

Biotechnology Strategies and Coordination Office (Canada)
http://www.agr.ca/biotec/cbsaafce.html

DNA Bank at MAFF (Japan)
http://bank.dna.affrc.go.jp

European Union DGXII Biotechnology Site - with details of EU research and networks.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg12/biot1.html

INRA (France)
http://www.jouy.inra.fr

National Center for Biotechnology Information (USA)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

National Science and Technology Development Agency (Thailand)
http://www.nstda.or.th/index.html

Brevetti

Allowing some free searching

Some useful hints on patent searching
http://www.library.ubc.ca/patscan/NETCOUEN.html

Explanatory note from US PTO about classification of genetic engineering patents
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/clasdefs/0935.txt

Selected Resources for Patents, Inventions, and Technology Transfer
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/swain/patent/pattop.html

Agbiotech patents(NAL USDA/ARS) Full text of patents from 1995-1996
http://www.nal.usda.gov/bic/Biotech_Patents/

Australian patents (no abstracts)
http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/

Brazilian patents (in Portuguese)
http://www.inpi.gov.br/search.html

Access to European Patents
http://www.european-patent-office.org/espacenet/info/access.htm esp@cenet

IBM Patent Server - allows searching of US patents
http://www.patents.ibm.com/

Japanese patents with abstracts translated into English (with a few months delay)
http://atlas.patent-inf.tu-ilmenau.de/brs/paj_eng.html

Japio -access to patents (in Japanese)
http://www.japio.or.jp/welcome2.html

Micropatent (allows searching of US, PCT and EU data)
http://www.micropat.com/

PCT Gazette applications for Patent Cooperation Treaty protection (abstracts searchable).
http://pctgazette.wipo.int/

Questel US Patents - allows free searching of abstracts.
http://www.qpat.com/

STRATEGIS Canadian patents (no abstracts)
http://patents1.ic.gc.ca/intro-e.html

US Patent and Trademark Office.Search screen for awarded US patents
http://patents.uspto.gov/access/search-bool.html

 

Other commercial patent resources

Chemical Patents Plus from Chemical Abstracts Service
http://casweb.cas.org/chempatplus/

Derwent
http://www.derwent.co.uk/

IFI Plenum Corporation
http://www.ifiplenum.com/

Lexis-Nexis
http://www.lexis-nexis.com/

Questel-Orbit
http://www.qpat.com/

STN
http://www.cas.org/

 

Other useful sites

Site addresses of National patent offices
http://www.wipo.org/eng/general/pcipi/otherwww/ipo_web.htm

World Intellectual Property Organization
http://www.wipo.int
http://www.ompi.int

Office for the harmonization of the international market (trademarks and designs)
http://oami.eu.int/

European Patent Office
http://www.european-patent-office.org

 

Information about patenting and IPR

Intellectual Property Handbook, Cornell University
http://www.research.cornell.edu/CRF/IPH/IPHmain.html

The United States and the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
http://www.usia.gov/topical/global/ip/ipr.htm

The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
http://www.upov.int/eng/index.htm

Biotechnology Law Web Server
http://www2.ari.net/home/foley/

Biotechnology Information Center - Patenting Issues
http://www.nal.usda.gov/bic/Biblios/patentag.htm

Franklin Pierce Law Center Intellectual Property Mall
http://www.ipmall.fplc.edu/

Technology Available for Transfer
http://autm.rice.edu/autm/availtech/index.html

International agreements
http://www.usia.gov/topical/global/ip/linkpg2.htm

Access to and Transfer of Technology in the Convention on Biodiversity
http://www.biodiv.org/convtext/cbd0017.htm

 

Viewpoints on patents and IPR

The TRIPs Agreement. A Guide for the South: The Uruguay Round Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights
http://www.southcentre.org/publications/trips/toc.htm

People, Plants, and Patents: The Impact of Intellectual Property on Trade, Plant Biodiversity, and Rural Society IDRC Crucible Group
http://www.idrc.ca/books/725/725.html

PlantPatent.com: a source of information about plant variety protection by Vincent Gioia
http://www.plantpatent.com/index.html

A worldwide fight against biopiracy and patents on life
http://www.southbound.com.my/souths/twn/title/pat-ch.htm

Mammalian Cloning: Crosscurrents in the Patent System
http://www.canniff.net/law/talks/elman/19970627/

Organizzazioni internazionali

Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project (ABSP) - an initiative focused on the mutual enhancement of US and developing country institutional capacity for the use and management of agbiotechnology research for the production of environmentally-compatible, improved germplasm.
http://www.iia.msu.edu/absp/

CamBioTec: Canada - Latin America Initiative on Biotechnology for Sustainable Development
http://serpiente.dgsca.unam.mx/cit/cambiotc.html

Cassava Biotechnology Network
http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/cassava/cbn/cbn.html

CGIAR Research Centers – Links to the 16 International Agriculture Research Centres of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research.
http://www.cgiar.org:80/centers.htm

Intermediary Biotechnology Service (IBS) is an independent advisor to developing countries on biotechnology policy and management and on socioeconomic and technical issues
http://www.cgiar.org/isnar/activities/ibs/index.htm

International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
http://www.icgeb.trieste.it/

International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications - an organization focused on technology transfer of biotechnology to developing countries for their benefit.
http://www.isaaa.org/

REDBIO/FAO - Technical Co-operation Network on Plant Biotechnology in Latin America and the Caribbean (REDBIO/FAO)
http://uba.cenargen.embrapa.br/~redbio/

Rockefeller Foundation
http://www.rockfound.org/

Latinoamerican Net of Biological Sciences (RELAB)
http://prbgrau.biol.unlp.edu.ar

The Virtual Center of Biotechnology for the Americas
http://www.ibt.unam.mx/virtual.cgi

altri links

http://www.newsbulletin.org/

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