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Science 28 June 2002:
Vol. 296. no. 5577, p. 2316
DOI: 10.1126/science.296.5577.2316a
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PATENTS:
NIH to Limit Scope of Foreign Patents

Jocelyn Kaiser

The National Institutes of Health plans to limit the future patent rights of all foreign recipients of grants and contracts to the awardee's own country and have NIH retain the rights elsewhere on the grounds that allowing foreigners patent rights could put U.S. companies at a "disadvantage." The proposal has sparked an uproar and even left U.S. university officials wondering how it might affect collaborations.

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