Synthetic biology and patents: A European perspective

EMBO Reports

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Rutz, Berthold ^a  

^a EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA MODIFICATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL LIABILITY; PATENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL SECURITY; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EUROPE; PATENTS AS TOPIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 68049111692     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2009.131     Document Type: Article

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