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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 13.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Biotechnol. 2006 Jan;24(1):31–39. doi: 10.1038/nbt0106-31

Figure 6. Percent of time there were competing interests at the time the license was signed.

Figure 6

In the case of the 56 ‘nonexclusive’ licenses for which there are detailed data, in 24−31 (or 43−56%; range due to incomplete responses), there were competing bidders at the time the licensing was signed. In the case of 56 ‘exclusive, by field of use’ licenses, respondents reported that in 13−19 cases (23−34%; range due to incomplete responses), there were competing interested parties at the time the license was signed. In the case of the 65 ‘exclusive, all field of use’ licenses, respondents reported multiple interested parties for 5−9 (8−14%; range due to incomplete responses). Both the co-exclusive licenses had competing interested parties.