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Nature Biotechnology 25, 1341 (1 December 2007) | doi:10.1038/nbt1207-1341

Biotech patents still strong

Stacy Lawrence

Last year, biotech patents continued to represent an increasing share of US patents. In 2006, 25 out of every 1,000 US patent specifications referred to 'nucleic acid' and 45 out of 1,000 referred to 'pharmaceutical.