51.   When the clock starts ticking from the minute the application is filed, not when the patent is granted, the lifespan of exclusive patent rights is eroded.

52.   While Bayer blinked, the outcome reassured an industry anxious over challenges to its patent rights.

53.   Wootten approved of selling the patent rights for a low one-time fee, according to UC documents.

54.   Zexel was founded after acquiring patent rights for fuel injector production from Bosch.

55.   Pons and Fleischmann left the university within two years, and the university eventually transferred the patent rights to a private company, ENECO.

56.   Patent rights are vital to the drug industry.

57.   Pharmaceutical companies initially opposed the bill but later pressed only for the opportunity to match the prices offered by generic manufacturers before losing their patent rights.

58.   Pharmaceuticals, patent rights, petroleum and software solutions have also been identified as target areas of bilateral cooperation in the future.

59.   Pharmaceutical manufacturers say the case is simply about an unclear South African law that could violate their patent rights.

60.   Also, patent rights for some of the cell lines are mired in legal and ethical uncertainties that have yet to be resolved.