Sources: Human Genome Project and Nature
ENTIRE HUMAN GENOME SEQUENCED
Seventy-six percent of all currently patented human genetic data are privately held; Japan's biotech giant Takeda Corp. leads the world with 63 patents; the United States' Genentech is second with 41 patents.

##### CURRENT HUMAN GENE PATENTS, WORLDWIDE | # GENE TYPE | # SOURCE | # OWNER | # COUNTRY | # PATENT VALUE (US$)
Asthma | Tristan de Cunha | Boehringer-Ingelheim | Germany | $70,000,000
Asthma | India | Smith-Kline Beecham | US | $50,000,000
Leukemia | Papua New Guinea | National Institutes of Health | US | n/a
Obesity | US | Imogen, Inc. | US | $20,000,000