Abstract
This paper offers a different pragmatic and patent-based approach to concerns regarding the negative effects of genetic-based patenting on advancing scientific research and providing adequate and accessible health care services. At the basis of this approach lies an explication of a mandatory provisional patented paper procedure (PPPA), designed for genetic-based patents and administered by leading scientific journals in the field, while officially acknowledged by the USPTO, and subsequently by other patent offices as well. It is argued that the uniqueness of PPPAs lies in subsequently mitigating the negative ramifications of genetic patents on scientific research and genetic-based health care services, while basing such mitigation on a patents' advocate viewpoint that neither discards the patent system nor jeopardizes its integrity.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 263-284 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Science and Engineering Ethics |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Challenge
- Health care
- Patents
- Resolution
- Scientific research
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Health(social science)
- Health Policy
- Management of Technology and Innovation
- Issues, ethics and legal aspects
