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Stem cell patents: a landscape analysis

Nature Biotechnology volume 27, pages 722–726 (2009)Cite this article

An evaluation of the development of innovation in stem cell technologies by network analysis of stem cell patent filings.

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Figure 1: Patent citation clusters whose claims include the terms “stem cell(s),” divided by topic.

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  1. Antoinette F. Konski is at Foley & Lardner, Palo Alto, California, USA and,

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  2. Doris J.F. Spielthenner is at IDU Consult, Melbourne, Australia. akonski@foley.com; doris.spielthenner@idu-consult.com,

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