EU, 2024 - Exploring the global landscape of biotech innovation: preliminary insights from patent analysis. 

This technical report looks into biotech innovation in biotechnologies by addressing patented inventions worldwide. In the report, biotechnology is divided and analysed in four different categories: agricultural (green), industrial (white), human/health (red) and transversal use (horizontal).  

"Biotechnology patents represent about 5% of total patents filed between 2001 and 2020. The vast majority of the biotechnology patents is related to industrial and medical applications, accounting for more than 96% of all patents analysed. The US is leading in the development of biotechnology patents (39% of total biotechnology patents in 2020), followed by the EU with 18% and China, which is advancing quickly (10%)."

Source: Joint Research Center - European Commission.