The single biotechnology most patented falls under the C12Q 1/68 category "Measuring or testing processes involving nucleic acids", which alone represents 5.7% of all the biotech patents analysed.
The single biotechnology most patented falls under the C12Q 1/68 category "Measuring or testing processes involving nucleic acids", which alone represents 5.7% of all the biotech patents analysed. Nucleic acids are large biomolecules that play essential roles in all cells and viruses and involve as a major function the storage and expression of genomic information.