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Nature Biotechnology 27, 122 (1 February 2009) | doi:10.1038/nbt0209-122

DNA sequence patents are not in the grave yet

Robert Cook-Deegan & Arti K Rai

To the Editor: Some DNA sequence patent holders may be feeling like Mark Twain when he read his premature obituary. We believe the patent article by Miles Yamanaka in the October issue entitled “A nail in the coffin of DNA sequence patents?” is unduly alarmist.