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Legal Protection for Recombinant Proteins

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  1. 927 F. 2d 1565, 18 USPQ. 2D 1001 (Fed. Cir.), reh'g en bane denied (Fed. Cir. 1991) (“Scripps”).

  2. 970 F. 2d 834, 23 USPQ. 2d 1481 (Fed. Cir. 1992), reh'g en banc-denied. 974F. 2d 1299,23 USPQ. 2d 1801 (concurring opinion); 974 F. 2d 1279,24 USPQ. 2d 1138 (dissenting opinions) (“Allan tic”).

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Rzucidlo, E., Auth, D. Legal Protection for Recombinant Proteins. Nat Biotechnol 12, 713–715 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0794-713

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