11.   Harald Schmid, the German inventor of the repair kit, will be the chief executive officer and patent holder.

12.   He said it is in the self-interest of EST patent holders to license broadly their discoveries.

13.   In August last year the two sides signed an agreement that would give U.S. patent holders faster processing of applications in Japan and better protection.

14.   In that case the patent holders profited without holding researchers to ransom.

15.   In the past there have been numerous patent holders who surfaced years or even decades after their inventions were commercialized.

16.   In the long run, Genentech may be correct in asserting that the Epo ruling will have a limited fallout on other biotech patent holders.

17.   Japanese companies have long had a reputation of being quick to sign licensing agreements with American patent holders.

18.   Like any savvy patent holder, the PXE group wants to broaden its market.

19.   Mitsubishi, Philips Electronics, Motorola and the California Institute of Technology are just a few of the patent holders.

20.   Most patent holders want people to do research on their genes in hopes of finding a drug, which would bring really big royalties, he said.