Searching biotechnology information: A case study

World Patent Information

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-47

  Falciola, Luca ^a  

^a RiboVax Biotechnologies SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibody; Biotechnology; Databases; Internet; Literature; Patent classification; Patents; Search engines; Text Mining; Time factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 57149103489     PISSN: 01722190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wpi.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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