§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the Government patents held by his Department. [93080]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 26 July 1999]: The following sets out the key families of UK granted patents and patent numbers currently held by MAFF arising from Research and Development which it has funded. In a number of cases, patents have been granted (or are pending) in other countries.
Patent Number UK Patents Alignment mechanism (Flax Harvester) 2273942 Bait and Trap 2291776 Biological Control of Post Harvest Disease 2280113 Carbon Monoxide Generating Composition 2300567 Continuous process for the Partial Sterilisation of Horticultural Materials 2166633 Crushing mechanism (Flax Harvester) 2275274 Detection of CNS Disease 2291968 Device for Assessing Processing Stresses 2196740 Equine Arteritis Virus, Peptides and Antibodies and their use in Diagnostic test 2299994 Identification of Fruit Juice Components 2283568 Insect Trap 2240911 Method, Device and Kit for Controlling Insects 2174907 Pest Trap 2305104 Process for the Destruction of Aflatoxin in Agricultural Products 2108365 Refrigeration Apparatus including a Frost Sensor 2143945 Separating mechanism (Flax Harvester) 2273943 Spongiform Encephalopathy Detection Methods 2308659 Spongiform Encephalopathy Detection Methods and Agent which were obtained 2308658 European patents (including UK) Detection of Heat Stable Proteins from Meat of Ruminants 0714515 Detection of Microbial Growth 0705347 Method and Kits for Detection of Bacteria 0663016 Method and Test Kits for Detection of Bacteriophage 0714450 Method for Testing for Salmonella 0551325 Methods, Agents and Kits for Detection of Organophosphorus Compounds 0699305 Salmonella Polynucleotide Sequence 0551324