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Nature Biotechnology 26, 1341 - 1343 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nbt1208-1341

Antibody patenting without antibodies: a global trend

Kazunori Hashimoto1 & Tomomi Aida1


Granting human gene patents that include broad antibody claims without any experimental antibody production makes the gene patent issue more complex.

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  1. Kazunori Hashimoto is in the Intellectual Property Division and Tomomi Aida is in the Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, School of Biomedical Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan.
    e-mail: hashimoto.tlo@tmd.ac.jp


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