Biotechnology patents cover new compositions of matter, methods of treatment, and genetic sequences. Unlike software patents, biotech inventions can patent the molecules themselves — provided they are novel, non-obvious, and useful. These patents have transformed medicine, agriculture, and our understanding of life itself.
Biotechnology Patents
24 patents
US 4683195 · 1987 · Cetus Corp
How to Make Billions of Copies of a DNA Segment
US 8697359 · 2014 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
How to Edit Genes in Human Cells Using an Engineered CRISPR System
US 4733665 · 1988 · Expandable Grafts Partnership
How Doctors Implant a Permanent Stent Using a Balloon
US 4965188 · 1990 · Cetus Corp
How to Make Many Copies of a DNA Piece with Heat
US 4235871 · 1980
How to Encapsulate Active Materials in Lipid Bubbles Efficiently
US 4683202 · 1987 · Cetus Corp
How to Make Many Copies of a Specific DNA Segment
US 4376110 · 1983 · Hybritech Inc
How Two Special Antibodies Find Substances in Body Fluids
US 5521184 · 1996 · Ciba Geigy Corp
New Pyrimidine Chemical Compounds for Treating Tumors
US 4703008 · 1987 · Kirin Amgen Inc
How to Make Human Erythropoietin (EPO) Using Engineered DNA
US 4727064 · 1988 · US Department of Health and Human Services
How Special Sugars Make Medicines Dissolve Better
US 4665913 · 1987 · LRI LP
How Lasers Correct Vision by Reshaping the Eye's Front Surface
US 5210015 · 1993 · Hoffmann La Roche Inc
How an Enzyme Helps Find Specific DNA in a Sample
US 4816567 · 1989 · Genentech Inc
Making Hybrid Antibodies from Different Animals
US 4522811 · 1985 · Syntex USA LLC
Boosting Anti-Infective Activity with Muramyldipeptides and Liposomes
US 3778614 · 1973 · EMI Ltd
How Early CT Scans Created Detailed Body Images
US RE47218 · 2019 · Masimo Corp
How Medical Monitors Adapt Oxygen Alarms to Reduce False Alerts
US 7527791 · 2009 · Genentech Inc
How Engineered Antibodies Target TGF-beta Proteins to Fight Cancer
US 5273995 · 1993 · Warner Lambert Co LLC
How a Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Molecule Was Patented
US 4195637 · 1980 · Schneider Medintag AG
Catheter System for Opening and Closing Body Passages
US 4237224 · 1980 · Leland Stanford Junior University
How Scientists First Made DNA Replicate in New Cells
US 4683194 · 1987 · Cetus Corp
Detecting Genetic Differences Using DNA Probes and Enzymes
US 5272135 · 1993 · Chiron Ophthalmics Inc
Preventing Protein Damage with Extra Methionine
US 4736866 · 1988 · Harvard University
Mice Engineered to Develop Cancer for Research
US 3789832 · 1974
Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance to Detect Cancer in Tissue
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