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Patenting plants: What to claim

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Market competition and a recent agbiotech case highlight the importance of deciding what is patentable subject matter.

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  1. Cheryl H. Agris is a patent attorney based in , and is special counsel to

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    Agris, C. Patenting plants: What to claim. Nat Biotechnol 17, 717–718 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/10938

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