History of patenting life in the United States with comparative attention to Europe and Canada

This study has been carried out at the request of the EGE for the preparation of Opinion n°16 "Ethical aspects of patenting inventions involving human stem cell" , 12 January 2002

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Alternative title:	Histoire du brevet aux Etats-Unis et l'étude en comparaison avec le Canada et l'Europe
Year of publication:	2002
Authors:	Kevles, Daniel J.
Publisher:	Europäische Kommission / European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies
Subject:	Patentrecht \| Patent law

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I. Patents and Products of Nature 1 II. The Plant Patent Act 4 III. The Chakrabarty Case 14 IV. Plant and Animal Patents 39 V. Ethics and Economics 47 VI. Ethics and Europe 57 VII. Echoes in Canada 61 VIII. Gene Patenting 77