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Plant breeders test-drive first open-source seed bank

August 8, 2017  | Eric Furman, Ph.D.

Partner Eric Furman was quoted in “Plant breeders test-drive first open-source seed bank,” an article published in Nature Biotechnology. 

Excerpt: Under the OpenSourceSeed initiative, agricultural scientists can access opensource seeds, by paying a small fee to cover maintenance breeding and delivery costs. 

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Eric S. Furman, Ph.D. focuses on patent protection and other forms of intellectual property protection for biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices. Eric’s practice includes strategic patent counseling and procurement, freedom...

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