Table 2.
A list of granted patents, in chronological order, on T. cacao biotechnology, prior to July 2017
| Publication Number | Publication Year | Title | Applicant(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| US 4301619 A | 1981 | Plant tissue produced by non‐agricultural proliferation of Cacao embryos | Purdue Research Foundation [owner] |
| US 4291498 A | 1981 | Method for production of mature asexual Cacao embryos, and product thereof | Purdue Research Foundation |
| US 4306022 A | 1981 | Cocoa bean cell culture | Cornell Research Foundation Inc |
| US 4545147 A | 1985 | Asexual embryogenesis of callus from Theobroma Cacao L. | Purdue Research Foundation [owner] |
| US 5312801 A | 1994 | Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration of Cacao | DNA Plant Technology Corporation |
| Hershey Foods Corporation [owners] | |||
| US 6150587 A | 2000 | Method and tissue culture media for inducing somatic embryogenesis, Agrobacterium‐mediated transformation and efficient regeneration of Cacao plants | Penn State Research Foundation [owner] |
| US 8921087 B2 | 2014 | Cocoa somatic embryogenesis | Florin Bruno Jean‐Marie |
| Masseret Bernard | |||
| Vachet Caroline Denise Monique | |||
| Nestec SA[owner] | |||
| US 8969655 B1 | 2015 | Modulation of flavonoid content in Cacao plants | Daniel Preston |
| Randall B. Murphy | |||
| Cacao Biotechnologies LLC [owner] | |||
| US 9428759 B2 | 2016 | Methods for increasing the production of phenolic compounds from Theobroma Cacao | Rengifo Raul Cuero |
| Casa Luker SA [owner; International Park of Creativity] | |||
| AU 2014/353082 B2 | 2017 | Production of plants using somatic embryogenesis | Mars Inc [owner] |