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Patent applications for using DNA technologies to authenticate medicinal herbal material

Pang-Chui Shaw1,2*, Ka-Lok Wong2, Albert WK Chan3, Wai-Cheong Wong3 and Paul PH But2,4

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1 Department of Biochemistry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, PR China

2 Institute of Chinese Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, PR China

3 Law Offices of Albert Wai-Kit Chan, PLLC, Whitestone, New York 11357, USA

4 Department of Biology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, PR China

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Chinese Medicine 2009, 4:21 doi:10.1186/1749-8546-4-21

Published: 24 November 2009

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Patentability of some inventions. This table lists the patent number and reasons for patentability.

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Some abandoned Chinese patent applications. This table lists the patent application number, area of work and description of the patent and possible reasons for abandoning the application.

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