Figure 1: Disposition of Applications for PVP Certificates for Soybeans

Certificate Issued, 747,

55%

Application Pending, 151,

11%

Ineligible, 7, 1%

Certificate Withdrawn, 8,

1%

Application Abandoned,

106, 8%

Application Withdrawn, 47,

3%Certificate

Abandoned, 1, 0%

Certificate Expired, 276,

21%

Note: Figures show Status, Number of Applications in this Status, Percentage Share of the Applications in this Status

Figure 2: Disposition of Applications for PVP Certificates for Soybeans

Status Counts

Certificate Abandoned 1

Ineligible 7

Certificate Withdrawn 8

Application Withdrawn 47

Application Abandoned 106

Application Pending 151

Certificate Expired 276

Certificate Issued 747

Total 1343

Figure 2A: Certificate Issuees with Effective PVP Certificates for Soybeans

Novartis Seeds, Inc., 100, 13%

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.,

206, 27%

Minnesota Agricultural

Experiment Station, 28, 4%

Asgrow Seed Company, 100, 13%

DEKALB Genetics Corporation, 23, 3%

Jacob Hartz Seed Company, Inc., 28,

4%

Advanta USA, Inc., 21, 3%

Delta and Pine Land Company, 22, 3%

Ohio Agricultural Research and Development

Center, 20, 3%

Institutions with Eleven Certificates,

22, 3%

FFR Cooperative, 19, 3%

Institutions with Ten Certificates, 20, 3%Institutions with Less

than 10 Certificate, 138, 18%

Note: Figures show Numbers of Applications and Percentage Share of the Applications.

Figure 2B: Pending Applicants for PVP Certificates for Soybeans

Institutions with Less than Two Pending

Applications, 22, 15%

Hornbeck Seed Co., Inc., 3, 2%

Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 4,

3%

U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agriculture Research Service and

N.C. Agriculture Research Service, 4,

3%

Ohio Agricultural Research and

Development Center, 3, 2%

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., 15,

10%

Novartis Seeds, Inc., 12, 8%

Sure Grow Seed, Inc., 8, 5%

Syngenta Seeds, Inc., 7, 5%

NDSU Research Foundation, 6, 4%

DEKALB Genetics Corporation, 6, 4%

Asgrow Seed Company LLC, 36,

23%

Delta and Pine Land Company b/d/a

Deltapine Seed, 25, 16%

Note: Figures show Numbers of Applications and Percentage Share of the Applications.

Figure 3: Disposition of Applications for PVP Certificates for Corn

Application Pending, 152, 17%

Certificate Issued, 604,

66%

Application Abandoned,

69, 8%

Application Withdrawn,

61, 7%

Ineligible, 1, 0%

Certificate Expired, 17,

2%

Note: Figures show Status, Number of Applications in thisStatus, Percentage Share of the Applications in this Status.

Figure 4: Disposition of Applications for PVP Certificates for Corn

Status Counts

Ineligible 1

Certificate Expired 17

Application Withdrawn 61

Application Abandoned 69

Application Pending 152

Certificate Issued 604

Total 904

Figure 4A: Certificate Issuees with Effective PVP Certificates for Corn

Companies with Less than Ten PVP Certificates, 49, 8%

NDSU Research Foundation, 12, 2%

United AgriSeeds, Inc., 16, 3%

The Standard Oil Company, 16, 3%

Novartis Seeds, Inc., 34, 6%

DEKALB Plant Genetics, 26, 4%

DeKalb-Pfizer Genetics, 18, 3%

Zenco (No. 4) Limited, 17, 3%Pioneer Hi-Bred

International, Inc., 269, 44%

Holden's Foundation Seeds L.L.C., 110,

18%

DEKALB Genetics Corporation, 37, 6%

Note: Figures show Numbers of Applications and Percentage Shares of the Applications.

Figure 4B: Pending Applications for PVP Certificates for Corn

DEKALB Genetics Corporation, 72,

47%

Abbott & Cobb, Inc. and Bryant J. Long,

1, 1%

Golden Seed Company, L.L.C, 3,

2%

Agrigenetics, Inc. d/b/a Mycogen Seeds, 2, 1%F & E Enterprises

LLC, 1, 1%

Syngenta Seeds, Inc., 6, 4%

Asgrow Seed Company LLC, 6,

4%

The J.C. Robinson Seed Company, 5,

3%

Novartis Seeds, Inc., 4, 3%

Holden's Foundation Seeds

L.L.C., 21, 14%

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.,

31, 20%Note: Figures show Status, Number of Applications in this Status, Percentage Share of the Applicaitons in this Status

Figure 5: Trends in the Number of PVP Corn & Soybean Applications Issued

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1971 1981 1991 2001

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Soybeans Issued

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Issued Soybean Trend

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U.S. PATENT ACTIVITY

Applications GrantsIssueYear

PatentInvention Design Plant

PatentInvention Design Plant

1931 79,740 4,190 37 51,756 2,937 51941 52,339 7,203 67 41,108 6,486 621951 60,438 4,279 71 44,326 4,164 581961 83,100 4,714 107 48,368 2,488 1081971 104,729 6,211 155 78,317 3,156 711981 106,413 7,375 178 65,771 4,745 1831991 164,306 13,061 463 96,513 9,569 3532001 326,508 18,280 944 166,039 16,872 584