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Time waits for no man: deciding when to file a patent application in Europe

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Guidelines for would-be patent applicants in Europe's 'first-to-file' system.

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  1. Nina L. White is at Boult Wade Tennant, Verulam Gardens, 70 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8BT, UK. nwhite@boult.com,

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White, N. Time waits for no man: deciding when to file a patent application in Europe. Nat Biotechnol 25, 639–641 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0607-639

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