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  • [Photo] J.W. Bizzaro • November 13, 2005
    An article by Stefan Lovgren:

    ``The new study reveals that more than 4,000 genes, or 20 percent of the almost 24,000 human genes, have been claimed in U.S. patents.

    ``Of the patented genes, about 63 percent are assigned to private firms and 28 percent are assigned to universities.

    ``The top patent assignee is Incyte, a Palo Alto, California-based drug company whose patents cover 2,000 human genes.''

    Full story:
    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1013_051013_gene_patent.html

    The Science article:

    Kyle Jensen and Fiona Murray. 2005. Intellectual Property Landscape of the Human Genome. Science 310(5746):239-240.

    Science published another article on this topic in March:

    Jordan Paradise, Lori Andrews, and Timothy Holbrook. 2005. Patents on Human Genes: An Analysis of Scope and Claims. Science 307(5715):1566-1567.

    Reference by MedicalInformaticsInsider.com.

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