A pilot survey on the licensing of DNA inventions

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 442-449

  Henry, Michelle R ^a   Cho, Mildred K ^b,c,d,e   Weaver, Meredith A ^b,d,f   Merz, Jon F ^a,g,h,i,j,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Wesleyan University ^*

^h RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^j DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

DNA SEQUENCE; ETHICS; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; INTELLIGENCE; LICENSING; MARKETING; PATENT; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL APPROACH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; TELEPHONE;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; LEGAL APPROACH;

CLINICAL TRIALS; DATA COLLECTION; DNA; HUMANS; LICENSURE; PATENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; TELEPHONE; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0642307852     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2003.tb00107.x     Document Type: Review

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