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Science 5 September 1997:
Vol. 277. no. 5331, p. 1429
DOI: 10.1126/science.277.5331.1429
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News & Comment

TRADITIONAL MEDICINE:
India Applauds U.S. Patent Reversal

Eliot Marshall in Washington and Pallava Bagla in New Delhi

NEW DELHI, INDIA--The Indian government is applauding a decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that effectively kills a 1995 patent issued to two U.S. scientists for the medical uses of a spice. The government argued successfully that turmeric has been a traditional medicine for centuries and that a patent would constitute theft of the country's biological heritage.

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