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Patents are something that many researchers, in fact, I would say most researchers, will never deal with. And yet others may find themselves mired in patent applications and revisions. So a short discussion of patents, just to clear the air on the matter if for no other reason, is useful.

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Rutkove, S.B. (2016). Patents. In: Biomedical Research: An Insider’s Guide . Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3655-7_31

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