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Agricultural Biotechnology: Recommended Data

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Genetically Engineered Crops in the U.S.—This data product provides information on the extent of adoption of genetically engineered herbicide-tolerant and insect-resistant crops in the United States 2000-2010.

Agricultural Biotechnology Intellectual Property—This database identifies and describes U.S. utility patents on inventions in biotechnology and other biological processes—with issue dates between 1976 and 2000—that are used in food and agriculture. The database also provides information about the ownership of these patents, whether patents are held in the public or private sector, and changes in patent ownership due to firm mergers, acquisitions, and spinoffs.

 

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Updated date: June 3, 2010