1. ANALYSIS OF THE PATENTS GRANTED ON USES OF VARIOUS CROPS At UNITED STATES PATENTS & TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO) from 1999- 4 th JULY, 2004. CASE 1. PSYLLIUM Prof. Anil K. Gupta

2. Search Key: “Pysllium or Plantago” Search Engine: www.uspto.govwww.uspto.gov YEARWISE GRANT OF PATENTS AT UNITED STATES PATENTS AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ON VARIOUS USES OF PSYLLIUM FROM 1999 TO 04 th JULY, 2004 Sr. no.YearPatents granted 1199949 2.200055 3.200185 4.200297 5.200393 6.Up to 04 th JULY, 200439 TOTAL418 NUMBER OF PATENTS GRANTED ON VARIOUS USES OF PSYLLIUM AT UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE FROM 1999 TO 04TH JULY, 2004

3. PATENTS GRANTED TO INVENTOR FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ON DIFFERENT USES OF PSYLLIUM FROM 1999- 04th JULY, 2004 AT UNITED STATES PATENTS AND TRADEMARK OFFICE SR. NO.COUNTRYNO. OF PATENTS GRANTED 1USA321 2Japan28 3Germany19 4UK11 5Israel6 6Canada5 7India4 8Australia4 9Netherlands4 10Italy3 11China2 12France2 13Korea2 14Romania2 15Switzerland2 16Austria1 17Ireland1 18Spain1 TOTAL PATENTS418

4. PATENTS TO ASSIGNEES FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ON DIFFERENT USES OF PSYLLIUM AT UNITED STATES PATENTS AND TRADEMARK OFFICE FROM 1999- 04th JULY, 2004 SR. NO.COUNTRYNO. OF PATENTS GRANTED 1USA327 2Japan28 3Germany16 4Israel6 5UK4 6India4 7Switzerland4 8Australia4 9Netherlands3 10Canada3 11Italy3 12Denmark3 13China2 14France2 15Korea2 16Romania2 17Austria2 18Ireland1 19Spain1 20Belgium1 TOTAL PATENTS418

5. TOP ASSIGNEE CORPORATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GRANTED PATENTS ON VARIOUS USES OF PSYLLIUM AT UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BETWEEN 1999- 04TH JULY, 2004 SR.ASSIGEE CORPORATIONS PATENTS GRANTED 1The Procter & Gamble CoMPANY18 2Bayer Aktiengesellschaft &12 3General Mills, Inc12 4The Iams Company11 5Archer Daniels Midland Company9 6R.P.Scherer Technologies, Inc &8 7Sakura Color Products Corporation8 8Kellogg Company, Mederex, Inc. &7 9Revlon Consumer Products Corporation7 10Aeropharm Technology, Inc,6 11The General Hospital Corporation &6 12University of Iowa Research Foundation6 Other Universities13 INDIVIDUALS74 Others215 Total Patents 418

6. CASE 2. CORIANDER

7. Search Key: “Coriander or Coriandrum” Search Engine: www.uspto.govwww.uspto.gov YEARWISE GRANT OF PATENTS AT UNITED STATES PATENTS AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ON VARIOUS USES OF CORIANDER FROM 1999 TO 04 th JULY, 2004 Sr. no.YearPatents granted 1199991 2.200061 3.200174 4.200273 5.200386 6.Up to 04 th July, 200425 TOTAL410 NUMBER OF PATENTS GRANTED ON VARIOUS USES OF CORIANDER AT UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE FROM 1999 TO 04TH JULY, 2004

8. PATENTS GRANTED TO INVENTOR FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ON DIFFERENT USES OF CORIANDER FROM 1999- 04th JULY, 2004 AT UNITED STATES PATENTS AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Sr.Inventor country No. of Patents Granted 1USA170 2Belgium75 3Germany56 4UK32 5Japan29 6Canada14 7France14 8Switzerland5 9Spain4 10Australia2 11China2 12Netherlands2 13Denmark1 14Finland1 15India1 16South Africa1 17Thailand1 410

9. PATENTS TO ASSIGNEES FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ON DIFFERENT USES OF CORIANDER FROM 1999- 04th JULY, 2004 AT UNITED STATES PATENTS AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Sr.ASSIGNEE COUNTRY No. OF PATENTS GRANTED 1USA258 2UK15 3Thailand1 4Switzerland6 5Spain3 6South Africa1 7Norway4 8Netherlands2 9Japan29 10India1 11Germany56 12France14 13Canada15 14Belgium4 15Australia1 410

10. TOP ASSIGNEE CORPORATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GRANTED PATENTS ON VARIOUS USES OF CORIANDER AT UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BETWEEN 1999- 04TH JULY, 2004 SR.ASSIGEE CORPORATIONS PATENTS GRANTED 1Colgate-Palmolive Co.94 2The Procter & Gamble Company59 3Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien16 4SemBiosys Genetics Inc.11 5Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc.10 6Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc9 7Haarmann & Reimer GmbH5 8Ineos Flour Holdings Limited &4 9Drogoco, Inc.4 Individuals24 Other corporations172 Universities 07 TOTAL PATENTS410

11. CASE 3. CUMIN

12. Search Key: “Cumin or Cuminum” Search engine: www.uspto.govwww.uspto.gov YEAR WISE GRANT OF PATENTS AT UNITED STATES PATENTS AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ON VARIOUS USES OF CUMIN FROM 1999 TO 04th JULY, 2004 Sr. no.YearPatents granted 1199911 2.200013 3.200114 4.200224 5.200328 6.Up to 04 th July, 200411 TOTAL101 NUMBER OF PATENTS GRANTED ON VARIOUS USES OF CUMIN AT UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE FROM 1999 TO 04TH JULY, 2004

13. PATENTS TO ASSIGNEEs FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ON VARIOUS USES OF CUMIN FROM 1999- 04th JULY, 2004 AT UNITED STATES PATENTS AND TRADEMARK OFFICE SR.ASSIGNEE COUNTRY PATENTS GRANTED 1USA42 2Germany17 3Japan13 4Switzerland10 5UK8 6Canada3 7Holland2 8France1 9Hungary1 10India1 11Israel1 12South Africa1 13Taiwan1 TOTAL101

14. PATENTS GRANTED TO INVENTORS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ON VARIOUS USES OF CUMIN FROM 1999- 04th JULY, 2004 AT UNITED STATES PATENTS AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Sr. INVENTOR COUNTRY PATENTS GRANTED 1USA43 2Germany18 3Japan13 4UK8 5Switzerland8 6Kenya3 7France2 8Canada1 9Hungary1 10India1 11Israel1 12South Africa1 13Taiwan1 TOTAL101

15. TOP ASSIGNEE CORPORATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GRANTED PATENTS ON VARIOUS USES OF CUMIN AT UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BETWEEN 1999- 04TH JULY, 2004 SR.ASSIGEE CORPORATIONS PATENTS GRANTED 1.Mars Incorporated &5 2McCormick & Company, Inc5 3 Givaudan SA, Haarmann & Reimer GmbH,4 4Ineos Fluor Holdings Limited &4 5Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc4 6Conros Corporation, Dragoco, Inc. &3 3Wacker Chemie GmbH3 Individual10 University of Iowa Research Foundation2 Other corporations61 TOTAL PATENTS101

16. CASE 4. FENNEL

17. Search Key: “Fennel or Foeniculum” Search Engine: www.uspto.govwww.uspto.gov YEARWISE GRANT OF PATENTS AT UNITED STATES PATENTS AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ON VARIOUS USES OF FENNEL FROM 1999 TO 4th JULY, 2004 Sr. no.YearPatents granted 1199970 2.200057 3.200177 4.200290 5.200377 6.Up to 4 th JULY, 200432 TOTAL403 NUMBER OF PATENTS GRANTED ON VARIOUS USES OF FENNEL AT UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE FROM 1999 TO 4th JULY, 2004

18. PATENTS GRANTED TO INVENTOR FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ON DIFFERENT USES OF FENNEL FROM 1999- 4th JULY, 2004 AT UNITED STATES PATENTS AND TRADEMARK OFFICE SR.INVENTOR COUNTRYNO. OF PATENTS GRANTED 1 USA225 2 Belgium70 3 Japan38 4 Germany22 5 UK16 6 Israel6 7 India5 8 Switzerland3 9 Canada3 10 Austria3 11 Taiwan2 12 France2 13 Australia2 14 Republic of Cape Verde1 15 Netherlands1 16 Kuwait1 17 Italy1 18 Denmark1 19 China1 TOTAL PATENTS 403

19. PATENTS TO ASSIGNEES FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ON DIFFERENT USES OF FENNEL FROM 1999- 4th JULY, 2004 AT UNITED STATES PATENTS AND TRADEMARK OFFICE SR.ASSIGNEE COUNTRYNo. of PATENTS GRANTED 1USA294 2Japan39 3Germany22 4UK13 5Israel6 6Switzerland5 7India5 8Canada3 9Austria3 10Taiwan2 11France2 12China2 13Republic of Cape Verde1 14Norway1 15Netherlands1 16Kuwait1 17Korea1 18Denmark1 19Australia1 TOTAL PATENTS403

20. TOP ASSIGNEE CORPORATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GRANTED PATENTS ON VARIOUS USES OF FENNEL AT UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BETWEEN 1999- 4th JULY, 2004 SR.ASSIGEE CORPORATIONS PATENTS GRANTED 1Colgate Palmolive Company92 2The Procter & Gamble Company36 3Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.12 4Monsanto Technology LLC11 5Henkel Kommanditgesllschaft auf Aktien8 6Warner-Lambert Company &7 7Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Concopco, Inc.7 8Kao Corporation6 9Yamanuchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.,5 10Netsec S. A.,5 11McCormick & Company, Inc.,5 12Ineos Fluor Holdings Limited,5 13Haarmann & Reimer GmbH5 14Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, India5 Individual32 Universities including Washington State University Research Foundation (4)9 Other corporations153 Total Patents403

21. CASTOR Search terms: “Castor, Ricinus spp.

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24. TOP ASSIGNEE CORPORATIONS/COMPANIES AT EPO &USPTO FROM 1996-2000

25. PATENTS FILED BY VARIOUS COUNTRIES AT EPO & USPTO ON CASTOR ( Ricinus spp..) FROM 1996-2000

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