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Seed–Patent Forecast

Bio/Technology volume 4, pages 783–785 (1986)Cite this article

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Lesser, W. Seed–Patent Forecast. Nat Biotechnol 4, 783–785 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0986-783

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