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Choosing the right patent portfolio strategy will aid in protecting your valuable biotech intellectual property.

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Figure 1: Advantages and disadvantages of different types of portfolios.

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This work is supported in part by the National Science Council (NSC 101-2325-B-075-003, 100-2221-E-075-001, 101-2221-E-075-001) and Taipei Veterans General Hospital (V101C-061, V102C-068), Republic of China.

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  1. Shyh-Jen Wang is in the Division of Experimental Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and the Institute of Hospital and Health Care Administration, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.,

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Wang, SJ. Patent portfolios for biotech inventions. Nat Biotechnol 31, 501–503 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2598

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