This article deals with some of the intellectual property protection of biotechnology in developing countries. The …

biotechnology, under the requirements of 'utility', 'written description' and 'enablement' (as they are referred to in the US). We …

The view that biotechnology patenting has reached unsustainable levels is well accepted among many legal scholars. This … Article presents the first comprehensive empirical study of biotechnology patents. Our analysis reveals the striking rise and … biotechnology research and development. This Article finds little evidence that the rise in biotechnology patenting is adversely …

granted to 293 US biotechnology firms from 1976 to 2003. Results reveal that the contribution of the determinants to patent …, show that the use of scientific knowledge negatively affects patent influence outside the biotechnology industry, while it … broader the scope of a patent the higher the number of citations the patent receives from subsequent non-biotechnology patents …