History of Patenting Life in the U.S. With Comparative Attention to Europe and Canada

This report by the Secretariat of the European Group on Ethics in Science & New Technologies to the European Commission (EGE) examines the issue of patenting life with regard to the history of patent laws in the U.S. & in comparison with other countries. Chapters: Patents & Products of Nature; The Plant Patent Act; The Chakrabarty Case; Plant & Animal Patents; Ethics & Economics; Ethics & Europe; Echoes in Canada (patents for microorganisms, patents on plants, & the Harvard mouse); & Gene Patenting.Kevles, Daniel J. is the author of 'History of Patenting Life in the U.S. With Comparative Attention to Europe and Canada' with ISBN 9780756730475 and ISBN 0756730473.