According to The Patent Board’s Food, Beverage and Tobacco Patent Scorecard™ published in The Wall Street Journal, Danisco, Cargill, Japan Tobacco and Ajinomoto focus on science.
Stine Seed Company (Adel, Iowa, USA) maintains its top rank on this week’s Patent Scorecard™, with a sizeable lead over its competitors, including a Technology Strength™ score twice the size of the second-rank score. Stine Seed holds a stable patent portfolio size and continues to wield the most influence in the industry, with an Industry Impact™ score over five times the industry average. Stine Seed’s most highly cited patents relate to soybean cultivars and were issued in 2005 and 2006, but are being cited primarily by patents issued in 2008 and 2009. 68% of Stine Seed’s total patent citations come from Monsanto, while the 2009 percentage so far this year is closer to 95%. Stine Seed is the industry leader in genetically modified soybeans and has been licensing its soybean cultivar patents to Monsanto, among other companies, since 1997.
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