25/05/2006

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AU-B, US-A, US-B, EP-B, WO

"Novartis" in applicant

"Positive selection" in abstract

21 hits

Only US 5994629 and EP 601092 B1  are relevant patents on positive selection

30/05/2006

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AU-B, US-A, US-B, EP-B, WO

"Syngenta" in applicant

"Positive selection" in abstract

14 hits

No relevant patent found

30/05/2006

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AU-B, US-A, US-B, EP-B, WO

"Sandoz" in applicant

"Positive selection" in abstract

21 hits

No relevant patent found

31/05/2006

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AU-B, US-A, US-B, EP-B, WO

"Danisco" in applicant

"Positive selection" in abstract

1 hit

WO 1993/005163 A1

31/05/2006

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AU-B, US-A, US-B, EP-B, WO

"Positive selection transformation cell" in abstract

117 hits

This search results in patents from several patent families that related to the positive selection topic:

1. the Syngenta family represented by WO 1993/05163

2. the "University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc." family  represented by US 7005561

titled "Arabitol or ribitol as positive selectable markers".

3. the"The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Argriculture" family represented by  WO 2004/61128 titled " Selection procedure for identifying transgenic cells, embryos, and plants without the use of antibiotics". This patent family claims methods for selection of transgenc cells using temperature sensitive marker proteins.

05/06/2006

Patent Lens

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AU-B, US-A, US-B, EP-B, WO

Positive NEAR/1 selection NOT cloning

1563 hits

Still too many irrelevent hits although the big number of patents on cloning vectors are excluded.

05/06/2006

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AU-B, US-A, US-B, EP-B, WO

Positive NEAR/1 selection AND transformation NOT recombination

2612 hits

By checking the first 80 listed patents, two new Danisco families related to positive selection , represented by AU 739067 and US 6924145 were found.

AU 739067: Title - Selection method for transgenic plants

US 6924145: Title - Selection method

06/06/2006

Patent Lens

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AU-B, US-A, US-B, EP-B, WO

Positive NEAR/1 selection AND transformation NOT device

3954 hits ( I found that many of patents/applications are repeated in the the search result with different relevance scores. Greg said that he was aware of that and would fix this problem soon. After this problem is fixed, the actual hits will be a lot less). I checked the first 400 hits and obtained the following patents/applications:

Apart from the patents/applications I have obtained before, the following patents/applications in the list are relevant or could be included in this ladscape:

US 6806085 and AU 748489: Title - 2-deoxyglucose-6-phosphate (2-DOG-6-P) phosphatase DNA sequences as selection markers in plants; by IPK Gatersleben.

WO 2000/52168: Title - Method of selecting transformed cells and tissues; by ANU.

WO 2001/77366: Title - Positive selection method, compounds, host cells and uses thereof; by CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

US 2005/250107: Title - Selectable gene marker system based on expression of N-acetyllactosaminide 3-alpha galactosyltransferase; by Newlinks Genetics Corporation.

7/06/2006

Patent Lens

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AU-B, US-A, US-B, EP-B, WO

"selecting transformed cells" in title

30 hits

The following patents/applications worth further looking into:

EP 1442126 B1

US 2005/84971

US 6821781

8/06/2006

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AU-B, US-A, US-B, EP-B, WO

"selecting transformed cell" in abstract

1486 hits

The following patents/applications worth further looking into:

EP 820518 B1

WO 2004/76625 A2

WO 2001/59131 A2

WO 2005/49804 A2

09/06/2006

Patent Lens

Expert, stemming off

AU-B, US-A, US-B, EP-B, WO

(growth near/5 advantage) AND (plant near/5 growth) AND ((transformed near/1 cell) in claims)

19 hits

The following new docs are relevant to positive selection:

US 2004/166563: Wuschel (WUS) gene homologs; by PIONEER HI-BRED
US 2002/170087: Transcriptional regulator nucleic acids, polypeptides and methods of use thereof; by PIONEER HI-BREDRED
US 2004/98760: Transcriptional regulator nucleic acids, polypeptides and methods of use thereof; by PIONEER HI-BRED
US 2004/16022: Methods of use of LEC1 polynucleotides and polypeptides; by PIONEER HI-BRED
US 2004/168217: Transcriptional activator nucleic acids, polypeptides and methods of use thereof; by PIONEER HI-BRED
US 2003/229921: Microbial beta-glucuronidase genes, gene products and uses thereof; by CAMBIA
US 6641996: Microbial beta-glucuronidase genes, gene products and uses thereof; by CAMBIA
US 2005/204423; Methods of producing and growing plants having improved phosphorus utilization; by NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA

09/06/2006

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AU-B, US-A, US-B, EP-B, WO

(growth near/5 advantage) AND (plant near/5 growth) AND ((transformed near/2 cell) in claims)

38 hits

The following new docs are relevant to positive selection:

US 2003/167526

: Compositions and methods for identifying transformed cells; by PIONEER HI-BRED
US 6284947: Methods of using viral replicase polynucleotides and polypeptides; by PIONEER HI-BRED
US 2005/15832: Dna sequences coding for a polyol carrier and use thereof, in particular for preparing transgenic plants; by CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

09/06/2006

Patent Lens

Expert, stemming off

AU-B, US-A, US-B, EP-B, WO

(growth near/5 support) AND (plant near/5 growth) AND ((transformed near/2 cell) in claims)

56 hits

The following new doc is relevant to positive selection:

US 2005/76409: Selective plant growth using d-amino acids; by BASF