Intellectual property management of biosequence information from a patent searching perspective

World Patent Information

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 203-211

  Yoo, Heahyun ^a,b   Ramanathan, Chandra ^a   Barcelon Yang, Cynthia ^a,b  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^b Bristol Myers Squibb Company ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biosequence; Biotechnology; Claim structure; Competitive intelligence; Database resources; Freedom to operate searches; Patent sequence; Patentability searches; Pharmaceutical patents; Validity searches

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644448173     PISSN: 01722190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wpi.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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