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Litigation escalates for patents on a chip

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  1. William Bains: assesses investment proposals for Merlin Ventures in London and has researched into sequencing by hybridization. He has worked as a consultant for Affymetrix

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Bains, W. Litigation escalates for patents on a chip. Nat Biotechnol 15, 406 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0597-406a

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