Patents The science of biotechnology involves the production of enormous number of commercial products of economic importance. The inventions include biotechnology products and processes. The products include living entities like micro organisms, animals, plants, cell lines, cell organelles, plasmids and genes and naturally occurring products like primary and secondary metabolites produced by living systems e.g. alcohol, antibiotics.
Thomas Alva Edison was the only scientist in the world with more than patents to his credit. The biotechnological processes involve isolation, purification, cultivation, bioconversion of novel, innovative, simple and cost effective processes, and creation of biotechnological products. A patent is a Government issued document that allows the person for an exclusive right to manufacture, use or sell an invention for a defined period (usually years). It is a legal document safeguarding the rights and privileges of an inventor / invention.
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