2011 Yearly Analysis
2011 Yearly Analysis
This yearly patent analysis deals with patent applications published from
January to December 2011. It is meant to serve as an indication of
agrochemical industry trends in terms of active ingredients and products as
well as on the patenting activity of some of the major players in the
industry.
Over 2011, Agrow Intelligence observed 1,213 published patent applications, of which 384 were fungicidal, 313 herbicidal, and 387 insecticidal in nature. Around 89% of patent applications concerned these individual categories, with the remaining 11% dealt with dual categories and other types of compounds.
Overall, insecticides and fungicides were the most active areas of research, with over 380 published patent applications each. Together they represented around 64% of all the published patent applications for 2011.
The leader patent applications published in 2011 was Bayer CropScience with a grand total of 385. It was followed by BASF with 191, Syngenta (137), Sumitomo Chemical (83), Dow AgroSciences (79) and DuPont (29).
Bayer seems to have been active in all types of products with, however, a visible focus on the fungicide sector, unlike last year where its focus was on herbicides. BASF again shows dominant activity in fungicides this year. Dow focused on herbicides, DuPont on fungicides and insecticides, while Sumitomo Chemical and Syngenta were both looking into insecticides.
Notes:
Over 2011, Agrow Intelligence observed 1,213 published patent applications, of which 384 were fungicidal, 313 herbicidal, and 387 insecticidal in nature. Around 89% of patent applications concerned these individual categories, with the remaining 11% dealt with dual categories and other types of compounds.
industry activity
Month-wise activity is indicated in the chart below with June (146 applications), December (117), March (115) and January (108) being the most active. The least active months were February (82), November (83) and September (85).Overall, insecticides and fungicides were the most active areas of research, with over 380 published patent applications each. Together they represented around 64% of all the published patent applications for 2011.
company trends
In 2011, 113 companies submitted patent applications. In order to analyse trends among companies, Agrow Intelligence focused on six companies with the highest number of published patent applications. These were the same as in 2010, namely, BASF, Bayer CropScience, Dow AgroSciences, DuPont, Sumitomo Chemical and Syngenta.The leader patent applications published in 2011 was Bayer CropScience with a grand total of 385. It was followed by BASF with 191, Syngenta (137), Sumitomo Chemical (83), Dow AgroSciences (79) and DuPont (29).
Bayer seems to have been active in all types of products with, however, a visible focus on the fungicide sector, unlike last year where its focus was on herbicides. BASF again shows dominant activity in fungicides this year. Dow focused on herbicides, DuPont on fungicides and insecticides, while Sumitomo Chemical and Syngenta were both looking into insecticides.
chemical families
An analysis of the applications on the basis of chemical families revealed trends on the areas of research for some of the leading companies. BASFseems to be investigating fungicidal substituted methyl-sulfonamides. Bayer CropScience has increased its activities on hydroximoyl tetrazole fungicides and triazolinone derivatives of herbicidal characteristics. Syngenta seems to be focusing its activities around spiroheterocyclic derivatives. A selective look at single ai published patent applications can be found in the table below.Notes:
- The number of patents found does not necessarily illustrate the number of patents that may have been sent to the EPO, USPTO and WPO. It represents the number of patents Agrow Intelligence listed in its monthly Patent Watch articles.
- Certain companies have lower patenting activity than others; therefore only exceptional activities are listed in the table above.
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