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Patenting of microorganisms

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery (2006) 5(1) 13
DOI: 10.1038/nrd1948
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Abstract

Patents on microorganisms are far from new. In the brewing and baking industries, yeast has traditionally played an important part and patents for new types of yeast were granted in Belgium in 1833 and in Finland in 1843. But how can you patent a microorganism?

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Webber, P. M. (2006). Patenting of microorganisms. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 5(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd1948

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