"This volume is a printed version of a work that appears in the Colloquium digital library of life sciences"--page 4 of cover. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
The U.S. patent system . The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ("AIA"); The legal basis for U.S. patent rights; What is a patent?; Why should I patent?; Patent types; Criteria for patentability in the United States; Inventors, inventorship, and ownership; Patent terms -- The patenting process. Invention; Reduction to practice; Filing an application; Examination of the claim; Granting of the patent -- 3. Patenting stem cell technologies. Isolated stem cells; Embryonic stem cells; Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs); Process patents; Methods for using stem cells.
Series:
Colloquium series on stem cell biology, 2168-3980 ; # 4
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