Will the patentability of genes survive?

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 925-926

  Hoffenberg, Howard Leslie ^a  

^a IP Law Offices of Howard L Hoffenberg Esq   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER; TUMOR MARKER;

ECONOMIC ASPECT; EUROPE; GENE; HUMAN; LICENSING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATENT; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; EUROPE; GENES; HUMANS; PATENTS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956670253     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0910-925     Document Type: Short Survey

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