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Insights into US public biotech sector using patenting trends

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Analyzing patent data from 1995–2005 show the increasing importance of patenting by small and medium-sized biotech companies.

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Figure 2: The patent pie is getting bigger but the slices are getting smaller: patent shares in 1995 and 2005.
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Figure 4: Patenting trends within the large biotech sector from 1995 to 2005.
Figure 5: Patent trends within the medium-sized biotech companies from 1995 to 2005.
Figure 6: Patent trends within small biotech companies from 1995 to 2005.

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We thank Louis P. Galambos, Ozlem Topaloglu and Samuel R. Denmeade for helpful discussions. S.A. would also like to thank The Johns Hopkins University Libraries for providing access to the online news and article databases. Network Appliance has no relation to or intellectual interest in the contents of this study or the designed software.

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Aggarwal, S., Gupta, V. & Bagchi-Sen, S. Insights into US public biotech sector using patenting trends. Nat Biotechnol 24, 643–651 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0606-643

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