Intellectual property rights and concentration in agricultural biotechnology

AgBioForum

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 56-61

  Lesser, William ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobiotechnology; Industry structure; Intellectual property rights; Research and development (R D)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009017661     PISSN: 1522936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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