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. 2009 Oct;27(10):903-9.
doi: 10.1038/nbt1009-903.

Legal uncertainty in the area of genetic diagnostic testing

Isabelle Huys  1 , Nele Berthels, Gert Matthijs, Geertrui Van Overwalle
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Legal uncertainty in the area of genetic diagnostic testing

Isabelle Huys et al. Nat Biotechnol. 2009 Oct.

Abstract

A patent landscape analysis of 22 common genetic diagnostic tests shows substantially fewer claims on genes per se than initially suggested but raises questions of legal uncertainty as to the claims' scope.

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