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Nature Biotechnology 27, 903 - 909 (2009) doi:10.1038/nbt1009-903 http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v27/n10/abs/nbt1009-903.html [accessed Nov 2 2009].

Legal uncertainty in the area of genetic diagnostic testing
Isabelle Huys1, Nele Berthels1, Gert Matthijs1 & Geertrui Van Overwalle2

Abstract
A patent landscape analysis of 22 common genetic diagnostic tests shows substantially fewer claims on genes per se than initially suggested but raises questions of legal uncertainty as to the claims' scope.