Intellectual property rights of nanobiotechnology in trade related aspects of intellectual property rights agreement (TRIPS)

Journal of Bionanoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-64

  Ahmadi, Maryam ^a   Ahmadi, Leila ^b  

^a PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Challenges of patentability; Nanobiotechnology intellectual property; TRIPS agreement

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ACADEMIC PATENTS; BREAKTHROUGH INVENTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; PATENTABILITY; STANDARDIZED TERMINOLOGIES; TECHNICAL SKILLS; TRIPS AGREEMENT;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 84891611204     PISSN: 15577910     EISSN: 15577929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbns.2012.1067     Document Type: Article

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