range from entrepreneurial companies developing a first product to Fortune 100 multinationals. We also represent state and regional biotech associations, service providers to the industry and academic centers. Visit the BIO Member Directory to browse BIO members and Website links as well as BIO state and international affiliates. " -- Reference http://bio.org/aboutbio/ (back to 204) 205 "... patent licenses for the biological engineering process ..." "A biological patent is a patent relating to an invention or discovery in biology. The s marked the first time when scientists patented methods on their biotechnological inventions with recombinant DNA. It wasn’t until 1980 that patents for whole-scale living organisms was permitted. In Diamond v. Chakrabarty, the Supreme Court over- 282
