A recent review of select patent prosecutions before the United States Patent and Trademark Office indicates a troubling dynamic at work.
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Kahn, J. Mandating race: how the USPTO is forcing race into biotech patents. Nat Biotechnol 29, 401–403 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.1864
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