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Sep. 3, 2016

Patent program for cancer treatments has its downsides

The U.S. Patent Office's new Patents 4 Patients Program, which offers expedited examination of certain cancer treatment patent applications, is not a panacea: the resulting patent is shorter term. By Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff, Daniel R. Shelton, Jennifer L. Bachori and Lydia B. Choi

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By Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff, Daniel R. Shelton, Jennifer L. Bachorik and Lydia B. Choi

The U.S. Patent Office recently launched the "Patents 4 Patients" program to support the "National Cancer Moonshot" initiative - a bold, billion dollar "whole-of-government approach" f...

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