Diagnostic Kits/Legal uncertainty in the area of genetic diagnostic testing
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Nature Biotechnology 27, 903 - 909 (2009)
doi:10.1038/nbt1009-903
http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v27/n10/abs/nbt1009-903.html [accessed Nov 2 2009].
Legal uncertainty in the area of genetic diagnostic testing
Isabelle Huys1, Nele Berthels1, Gert Matthijs1 & Geertrui Van Overwalle2
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.