Patents
Nature Biotechnology 26, 645 - 647 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nbt0608-645
Patent protection and access to genetic resources
Itsuki Shimbo1, Yoko Ito2 & Koichi Sumikura3
Abstract
Developing countries and patent offices have shown differing approaches to patent specification disclosure requirements and benefit sharing.
- Itsuki Shimbo is in the Research Priority Committee at RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan e-mail: shimbo@riken.jp
- Yoko Ito is at the Tsubame Patent Attorney firm, Hl Building, 4th floor, 2-5-9 Nishi-kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0065, Japan
- Koichi Sumikura is at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, 7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106-8677, Japan
