This DNA Patent Database is a joint project of the Georgetown University’s Kennedy Institute of Ethics and the Foundation for Genetic Medicine. The site allows access to the full text and analysis of all DNA patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and the database enables users to conduct boolean searches of the full text of the patents and of delimited fields.
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