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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 22.
Published in final edited form as: Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet. 2010 Sep 22;11:383–425. doi: 10.1146/annurev-genom-082509-141811

Figure 1.

Figure 1

U.S. Patents: DNA Patents and Patent Applications by Year, 1984--2008. The DNA Patent Database contains patents obtained by searching the Delphion Patent Database (http://www.delphion.com) with an algorithm posted on the DNA Patent Database website that searches for granted U.S. patents (since 1971) and published applications (since 2001) in U.S. patent classes related to genetics and genomics as well as claims that include words specific to nucleic acids, genetics, and genomics. The year 1984 is the first for which more than 100 granted patents are in the DNA Patent Database. Data from Reference 64.