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Nature 439, 379 (26 January 2006) | doi:10.1038/439379a; Published online 25 January 2006

Bad data fail to halt patents

Eugenie Samuel Reich

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Concerns raised over impact of errors in applications.

Two patent applications filed by the California Institute of Technology will proceed despite concerns over the accuracy of data they contain, Nature has learned.The patents were filed on behalf of the institute's president, David Baltimore, and Luk Van Parijs, formerly a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.