Datapoints
Patenting DNA
In 1976, the earliest year that patent records can be easily searched, six patents contained the term DNA. Things have changed since then.
Year | Number of patents with DNA in their abstracts |
1988 | 147 |
1998 | 1,464 |
2002 | 1,040 |
Jan-Feb 2003 | 148 |
Source: US Patent Office (www.uspto.gov)
Increased Recognition
Number of LexisNexis citations on selected potential bioterrorism agents
Month | Smallpox | Ricin | Anthrax | |||
Aug. 2000 | 147 | 2 | 387 | |||
Sept. 2000 | 249 | 9 | 377 | |||
Aug. 2001 | 191 | 7 | 444 | |||
Sept. 2001 | 875 | 44 | 1,549 | |||
Aug. 2002 | 889 | 72 | 3,141 | |||
Sept. 2002 | 1,437 | 99 | 4,547 | |||
Jan. 2003 | 2,432 | 2,634 | 3,570 | |||
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