Bioengineers look beyond patents – Nature.com
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Last month, DNA2.0 deposited gene sequences encoding three of its fluorescent proteins into an open-access collection of recipes for DNA ‘parts’, molecular building blocks used to engineer organisms to carry out specific functions. The company vows not to pursue its patent rights against anyone using the sequences. Such moves are unusual among larger biotechnology companies, which tend to guard patents fiercely, but for DNA2.0 the choice was strategic.
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