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Pages 73-76

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... The distinction was made between asexually and sexually propagated plants, because at that time it was not thought possible to produce a stable, uniform line through sexual reproduction. Those ideas were rf~vi~H Once -rim , ~ in 1970 Congress passed the Plant Variety Protection Act, which allowed protection of some sexually reproduced plants.
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From page 74...
... By transferring plasmids from several bacteria into one bacterium, he had endowed this bacterium with the ability to degrade oil. His patent application included claims for the process used to engineer the new bacterial strain, for the carrier material to be used with the modified bacteria, and the genetically engineered bacterium itself.
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From page 75...
... In those cases, a sample must be available to the public. ~ ~ ~ 1 {A Patent Activity Difficulties aside, the Chakrabarty decision has greatly increased patent activity in the field of genetic engineering.
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From page 76...
... From 1980 to 1982, the percentage of foreign patents issued for genetic engineering was lower than that for other technologies. "This seems to indicate a concentration of genetic engineering inventiveness in the United States at this time," Tegtmeyer said.
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