§ Mr. CashTo ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) if he will place in the Library the patents granted solely or jointly to the Roslin Institute; [18966]
(2) if he will list the patents granted to the Roslin Institute since its inception and the dates on which they were granted indicating (a) which were granted to the Roslin Institute, (i) alone and (ii) jointly with another body, and giving the name of such other bodies and (b) indicating which have been transferred to other bodies and the names of those bodies; and if he will place copies of the transfer instruments in the Library. [18965]
§ Mr. Ian TaylorI understand that, since Roslin was formed as a self-standing institute in 1993, a number of applications for patents have been filed, but none yet granted. Between 1993 and 1995—when Roslin became a company limited by guarantee—the applications were made in the name of "BBSRC (or AFRC) Roslin Institute". Since 1995 applications will have been in the name of the Roslin Institute itself. Once granted, any patents applied for since 1993 would be published in the normal way. In addition, in 1995, BBSRC transferred to Roslin, as part of the process of forming the limited company, the rights to some published patents which dated from before 1993, when Roslin was part of the larger Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research.