The Agricultural Biotechnology Intellectual Property 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. The database includes information on agricultural biotechnology utility patents, patent ownership information, and provides a system for technology classification.

Besides containing more data (including data on individual patents) than the previous version of this product, the new version of this database also includes an interface to facilitate access to the data and allow customizable searches.

The revised Ag BiotechIP Data Product contains more data. In addition, the update also includes a newly designed interface to facilitate access to the data and allow customizable searches.

See http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/AgBiotechIP/