Should SNPs be patented?# Biology - 生物学
b*z
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The SNP Consortium says, "We not only wanted to publish the information,
but prior to publishing, we wanted to effectively use the patent system
to ensure their availability. We did this by filing provisional patents
on each marker we discovered. We aggregated this date into bundles and
as we mapped them we released these bundles into the public domain.
Prior to the release, we filed a provisional patent and then after the
releas, we extinguished it saying we weren't going to execute the patent,
but prior to publishing, we wanted to effectively use the patent system
to ensure their availability. We did this by filing provisional patents
on each marker we discovered. We aggregated this date into bundles and
as we mapped them we released these bundles into the public domain.
Prior to the release, we filed a provisional patent and then after the
releas, we extinguished it saying we weren't going to execute the patent,