61.   He suggested that biotech executives had to get politically active on issues like patent protection that are so important to their future.

62.   Hearing appeals from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit significantly expanded patent protections for software.

63.   Herzfeld said that the industry needed strong patent protection on its products because each new medicine can cost hundreds of millions of dollars to develop.

64.   If it wins a lawsuit filed by Amgen, the company could produce EPO and perhaps other biotechnology drugs, even before they lose patent protection.

65.   If they fail to do this they lose patent protection.

66.   In announcing ClearType at a Comdex keynote, Gates touted it as a major breakthrough and said that Microsoft would seek patent protection on it.

67.   In one of the most pivotal patent cases in decades, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday shored up patent protections for inventors whose creations are imitated by competitors.

68.   Intel could also win the case by showing that it was using the technology publicly within a year before the date on which Digital filed for patent protection.

69.   Inventor David Boyd made an unsettling discovery as he began seeking patent protection for a new bathroom fixture.

70.   It insists that continued patent protection of prices is vital to pay for the discovery of new drugs.