INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY:PATENTING TRENDSAND INNOVATION -- INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY:PATENTING TRENDSAND INNOVATION -- CONTENTS -- ABSTRACT* -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- KEY FINDINGS: AGGREGATE PATENT DATA ANDQUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS -- KEY FINDINGS: INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGYAT THE TECHNOLOGY AND FIRM LEVEL -- INTRODUCTION -- SCOPE: BIOTECHNOLOGY ANDINDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY -- DATA -- REPORT ORGANIZATION -- ENDNOTES -- PATENTS AND INNOVATION -- Milestones in Biotechnology Patent Policy -- Biotechnology Patents and the Commercialization of Products -- Biotechnology Patents and the Anticommons Theory -- ENDNOTES -- AGGREGATE DATA ANDQUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS -- PATENT SEARCH PARAMETERS -- PATENT SEARCH RESULTS -- Trends in Patent Grants -- Characteristics of Patent Ownership -- COMMISSION QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS -- ENDNOTES -- INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AT THETECHNOLOGY AND FIRM LEVEL -- NEW ENZYME TECHNOLOGIES -- Cellulase-related Patents -- Enzyme Technologies Profile: Novozymes -- Cellulosic Ethanol Profile: Verenium -- PHA-Related Patents -- PHA Profile: Metabolix -- PLA-Related Patents -- PLA Profile: Cargill -- ENDNOTES -- CONCLUSIONS -- SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH -- ENDNOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- APPENDIX A.PATENT SEARCH METHODOLOGY -- INDEX.