Stealing fire: A retrospective survey of biotech patent claims in the wake of Mayo v. Prometheus

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 758-760

  Haanes, Elizabeth J ^a   Cànaves, Jaume M ^a  

^a Sterne Kessler Goldstein and Fox PLLC   (United States)

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BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; PATENT; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DATA MINING; HUMANS; PATENTS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864884463     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.2318     Document Type: Article

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