Agrifood

Agrifood PatentLandscapeReport Agrifood The user is allowed to reproduce, distribute, adapt, translate and publiclyperform this publication, including for commercial purposes, withoutexplicit permission, provided that the content is accompanied by anacknowledgement that WIPO is the source and that it is clearly indicated ifchanges were made to the original content. © WIPO, 2024 First published 2024WorldIntellectual PropertyOrganization34, chemin desColombettesP.O. Box 18CH-1211Geneva 20Switzerland Suggested citation: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2024).Agrifood. Patent Landscape Report Series. Geneva: WIPO.DOI: 10.34667/tind.49840 ISBN: 978-92-805-3668-3 (print)ISBN: 978-92-805-3669-0 (online)ISSN: 2790-7007 (print)ISSN: 2790-7015 (online) Adaptation/translation/derivatives should not carry any official emblem orlogo, unless they have been approved and validated by WIPO. Please contactus via the WIPO website to obtain permission.For any derivative work,please include the following disclaimer: “The Secretariat of WIPO assumesno liability or responsibility with regard to the transformation or translationof the original content.” Attribution 4.0 International (CCBY 4.0)This work is licensed underCreative Commons Attribution4.0 International. When content published by WIPO, such as images, graphics, trademarksor logos, is attributed to a third-party, the user of such content is solelyresponsible for clearing the rights with the right holder(s).To view a copy ofthis license, please visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Any dispute arising under this license that cannot be settled amicably shallbe referred to arbitration in accordance with Arbitration Rules of the UnitedNations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) then in force.The parties shall be bound by any arbitration award rendered as a result ofsuch arbitration as the final adjudication of such a dispute. The designations employed and the presentation of material throughoutthis publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoeveron the part of WIPO concerning the legal status of any country, territoryor area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiersor boundaries. This publication is not intended to reflect the views of the Member States orthe WIPO Secretariat. The mention of specific companies or products of manufacturers does notimply that they are endorsed or recommended by WIPO in preference toothers of a similar nature that are not mentioned. Cover: Getty Images / Ekkasit919, Azman Contents Acknowledgments5 Key findings 7 1 Introduction12A contrasted worldwide situation for food security13Diversity of regional policies as a prerequisite of an integratedfood system13The multicentric innovative sector of Agrifood16 2 Global overview of Agrifood innovations 18 Agrifood20AgriTech26FoodTech33Emerging domains within Agrifood40 3 Soil and fertilizer management 42 Global overview42Inventive regions43Top players46Emerging technologies: autonomous guidance andfertilizer formulations47Deep dive: bacteria50 4 Non-pesticide pest and disease management 53 Global overview53Inventive regions54Top players56Emerging technologies: microorganisms57Emerging technologies: formulation technologies60Deep dive61 5 Alternative nutrient sources for human food Global overview64Inventive regions65Top players67Emerging technologies: creative food solutions69Deep dive: cell-based meat71 6 Predictive models in precision agriculture Global overview74Inventive regions75Top players78Emerging technologies: data collection, processing, and controlling80 7 Autonomous devices in precision agriculture83 Global overview83Inventive regions84Top players86Emerging technologies: controlling non-electric variables87 Acronyms91 Glossary92 Appendix A. Geographical and temporal coverage94Appendix B. Search query and dataset construction94 Acknowledgments This Patent Landscape Report on Agrifood was prepared under the stewardship of MarcoAlemán (Assistant Director General, IP and Innovation Ecosystems Sector) and under thedirection of Alejandro Roca Campaña (Senior Director, IP for Innovators Department) andAndrew Czajkowski (Director, Technology and Innovation Support Division), and was ledby Christopher Harrison (Patent Analytics Manager, IP Analytics Section, Technology andInnovation Support Division) with the generous financial support by Funds-In-Trust JapanIndustrial Property Global provided by the Japan Patent Office. The report was prepared by a project team led by Christopher Harrison that included YoranMargaron, Liuba Berekelya, Priyanka Agrawal and Juliane Wissuwa (all from Questel) as well asHong Kan (Patent Analytics Officer, IP Analytics Section, Technology and Innovation SupportDivision), Lakshmi Supriya (Patent Analytics Officer, IP Analytics Section, Technology andInnovation Support Division), Ekrem Çakay (Patent Analyst, IP Analytics Section, Technologyand Inn