Dear all,

Johanna did an update on Pinto database.

see attached.

It looks like so far, for some reason, I did not check these patents for their content.

But now I checked five of the top-list as provided by Johanna, to see, if these patents are based on claiming genes as we describe it in our report. (I did not check those which apparently are based on mutagenesis)

interesting outcome (see added comment in the table):

four patents indeed seem to claim genes and plants (derived from crossings). one is 'only' claiming usage of genes.

three are not granted yet, one of them is 'grant intended' from April this year (number 1 in the list). We should closely monitor!!

I also received some comments and corrections on the report in German (Francois, Magdalena and Johanna). Also some updated figures from Ruth. Thanks a lot!

I will try to work the through and send a new updated version end of the week which then hopefully will go to final round quickly.

Cheers

Christoph