Of the 1882 patents on renewable energy published in 2007, more than half (1045) were related to biofuels. The rest included 555 patents on solar energy and 282 for wind. The Exchange Magazine website reports that biodiesel-related patents came in first in the list of biofuel patents, followed by ethanol and other alcohols, the far second. The United States, Germany and Japan were the top three countries with the most number of biofuel-related patents. About 57% of these patents are owned by corporate entities, while 11% are owned by academic institutions. The remaining 32% are “undesignated” (patent owner not listed in application). An increase in “agriculture biotechnology biofuel patents” (particularly, transgenic bioenergy crops) is expected to increase in the future. Likewise, the increase in the number of cellulosic biofuel patents is seen to rise, while traditional ethanol biofuel patents will continue to lag behind..