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A significant impediment to publication and cooperation comes from university patent policies.
Authors Ioannis G Pallikaris and Harilaos S Ginis are patent holders and have proprietary interest in PALM technique.
wIndicates inventions financed with Federal funds to which the government has patent rights, in accordance
The Guardian of London led on efforts by Celera Genomics, a U.S. biotechnology company, to patent segments of the human genetic code before British-led moves are implemented to prevent the "human blueprint" becoming the private property of a few corporations.
Elvis knows this is an obsession of mine; in Sunday's Chicago Sun-Times I published a long article that questions widespread beliefs about the Texas Instruments digital projection system and extols a much cheaper film projection system called MaxiVision48, which uses existing, proven technology, and produces a picture its patent holders claim is 500 percent better (not a misprint) than existing film or digital projection, take your choice.