Columbia university's axel patents: Technology transfer and implications for the Bayh-Dole Act

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 683-715

  Colaianni, Alessandra ^a   Cook Deegan, Robert ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; History; Intellectual property

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CITATION ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COURT; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATENTS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 69949117148     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2009.00575.x     Document Type: Review

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