11.   Vasco was first used on helicopter gears by Boeing, which patented a process to heat-treat the metal.

12.   Alexion quickly patented the process.

13.   Hebrew University researchers have patented the process to extract and purify the sweetening element from a plant, Stevia rebaudiana, grown along the Paraguay-Urugay border.

14.   The religious leaders said scientists could reach the same end by patenting the process by which they fight a genetic disease instead of the gene itself.