U.S. Bulk Sequence Applications that Recite Rice Sequences in Claims
A number of patent applications have been filed in the U.S. that claim more than 1,000 nucleotide and/or amino acid sequences. These applications are referred to as “bulk sequence applications”.
Below we have listed 12 bulk sequence applications. In all of the currently pending (i.e., not abandoned) applications below where the applicant has submitted a response to an office action, there is only a single nucleotide SEQ ID NO claimed per application.
It is likely that the large proportion of the rice genome that is claimed in patent applications may be attributable to these bulk sequence applications.
| Application No. | Assignee |
Title |
No. of Sequences Recited in Published Claim Set | Status |
Status Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20040031072 | Monsanto | Soy nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with transcription plants and uses thereof for plant improvement |
285,684 |
Response to Non-Final Office Action Entered and Forwarded to Examiner | 13-Mar-08 |
| 20040123343 | Monsanto | Rice nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants and uses thereof for plant improvement |
204,966 |
Examiner’s Answer to Appeal Brief Mailed | 25-Mar-08 |
| 20040214272 | Monsanto | Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants |
369,326 |
Response to Non-Final Office Action Entered and Forwarded to Examiner | 13-Mar-08 |
| 20040216190 | Monsanto | Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants and uses thereof for plant improvement |
11,088 |
Abandoned — Failure to Respond to an Office Action | 13-Nov-07 |
| 20060195932 | Monsanto | Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with the carbon assimilation pathway |
7,341 |
Notice of Appeal Filed | 13-Mar-08 |
| 20060236419 | Monsanto | Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants and uses thereof for plant improvement |
7,098 |
Non Final Action Mailed | 25-Mar-08 |
| 20070016974 | Monsanto | Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants |
43,701 |
Abandoned — Failure to Respond to an Office Action | 29-Feb-08 |
| 20070020621 | Monsanto | Genomic plant sequences and uses thereof |
57,467 |
Publications — Issue Fee Payment Verified | 13-Mar-08 |
| 20070039076 | Monsanto | Plant genome sequence and uses thereof |
69,652 |
Non Final Action Mailed | 13-Mar-08 |
| 20070067865 | Monsanto | Annotated plant genes |
463,173 |
Response to Non-Final Office Action Entered and Forwarded to Examiner | 13-Mar-08 |
| 20040016025 | Syngenta | Rice promoters for regulation of plant expression |
2,731 |
Abandoned — Failure to Respond to an Office Action | 12-Dec-05 |
| 20070089180 | Syngenta | Transcription factors of cereals |
1,394 |
Docketed New Case – Ready for Examination | 13-Mar-08 |