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Letter from Jack Spiegel, National Institutes of Health. Office of Technology Transfer to Patent and Trademark Office

Contributor(s):
Spiegel, Jack
United States. Patent and Trademark Office
The National Institutes of Health. Office of Technology Transfer
Publication:
Produced: 14 September 1998
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Drafts (documents)
Abstract:
This draft to the Patent and Trademark Office summarizes the history of the NIH Office of Technology Transfer activities and recent work on policy issues. When PTO announced that expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were patentable research tools in 1997, Varmus expressed concern about the effects of such patents on research. The National Academy of Sciences got involved in this dialogue, sharing Varmus's concerns about the possible broad scope of EST patents. This draft is a good example of the complex legal and commercial aspects of molecular biology research.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
15 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584926X393 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
MVBBYH
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584926X393
Archival Collection:
The Harold Varmus Papers (Profiles in Science)