Patenting of Biotechnological Subject Matter: Ethical, Economic and Legal Research

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• Banking of Human Materials, Intellectual Property Rights and Ownership Issues: International Policy Positions and Emerging Trends in the Literature, 1997
• A Study of Issues Relating to the Patentability of Biotechnological Subject Matter, January 31, 1996
• A Study on the Patent Law Standard of Non-obviousness, 1996

• Banking of Human Materials, Intellectual Property Rights and Ownership Issues: International Policy Positions and Emerging Trends in the Literature, 1997 (PDF, 174 KB, 38 pages)
• A Study of Issues Relating to the Patentability of Biotechnological Subject Matter, January 31, 1996 (PDF, 715 KB, 136 pages)

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