Europe edges closer to GMO patent harmonization

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The European Patent Office will be able to theoretically grant patents for genetically modified animal and plant varieties. The agency's granting of patents will have to wait until the 2001 when the Enlarged Board of Appeals, the EPO's highest authority, decides on the appeals case of Novartis.

Author: Spillmann-Furst, Ingleborg
Publisher: Nature Publishing Co.
Publication Name: Nature Biotechnology
Subject: Business
ISSN: 1087-0156
Year: 1999
Europe, Animal specialties, not elsewhere classified, Laboratory Animals, All Other Animal Production

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Agrbiotech and world food security - threat or boon?

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The impact of U.S. companies owning a vital food product is as important to world consumers as the possibly adverse effects of ingesting genetically-modified foods.

Author: Gilmore, Richard
Publisher: Nature Publishing Co.
Publication Name: Nature Biotechnology
Subject: Business
ISSN: 1087-0156
Year: 2000
United States, Product standards, safety, & recalls, Foreign trade, Brief Article

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Biotechnology patents in the food sectors

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Researchers in France examined patent data to understand important features, trends, and companies in patenting of food products.

Author: Ramani, Shyana V.
Publisher: Nature Publishing Co.
Publication Name: Nature Biotechnology
Subject: Business
ISSN: 1087-0156
Year: 2001
Agriculture, Crop Production, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, France, Genetic Engineering

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