Patents
Nature Biotechnology 25, 185 - 187 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nbt0207-185
DNA patenting: the end of an era?
Michael M Hopkins1, Surya Mahdi1, Pari Patel1 & Sandy M Thomas1
Abstract
Debates on patenting DNA must evolve to reflect the global decline in filings and regional disparities in patenting activity.
- The authors are at SPRU: Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex, Brighton, Falmer, East Sussex, BN1 9QE, UK. e-mail: m.m.hopkins@sussex.ac.uk

