Chapter 8: Rice Genome Patents in Non-U.S. Jurisdictions

In our analysis, we have chosen to primarily focus on the U.S. patent patents and applications. We recognize that a complete picture of rice genome patenting will require analysis of the patents in key rice-growing jurisdictions outside of the U.S., however, access to patent data in many countries is difficult to obtain. In fact, most patent jurisdictions in developing countries, even those with very substantial innovation and commercialization capability, do not have readily searchable patents, not to mention sequences claimed in patents. For example, the full text of Indian patents cannot be searched either domestically or internationally.

It is one of CAMBIA's long term goals to provide access to patent data from some of the key jurisdictions, and our patent landscapes will continue to evolve as new information becomes available.

In this chapter, we provide information about the availability of patent data in key rice-growing jurisdictions, as well as a table containing all of the U.S. rice patents and patent applications that have counterparts in China.

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