Recent changes to Japanese patent law will salvage patent rights for potentially lucrative university-based inventions.
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Tessensohn, J., Yamamoto, S. Japan's novelty grace period solves the dilemma of 'publish and perish'. Nat Biotechnol 25, 55–57 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0107-55
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