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Nature 391, 728 (19 February 1998) | doi:10.1038/35698
India to challenge Basmati rice 'invention'
K. S. Jayaraman
India has been dragged into another dispute with the US Patents and Trademark Office, this time over the patenting of 'Basmati rice', the long-grain rice variety known for its distinct aroma and unique to the Indian subcontinent. It has only recently won a patents case over the plant turmeric (see Nature 389, 6; 1997).
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