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What academic researchers need to know about patent literature and patent searches
If you as academic researcher are considering using patent literature as an information source – or have ever got confused by the topic – read this short article from Unitectra about when they are useful or relevant for academic researchers – and when not.
Material Transfer Agreements (MTA)
Material Transfer Agreements (MTA) are possibly the least popular documents managed throughout the career of every life science researcher. Some may even think MTAs raise a barrier to informal collaboration between otherwise friendly research groups. Read our short article to understand why MTAs are essential and – in most cases - make perfect sense.
Authorship versus Inventorship
Inventorship in patents and the difference to authorship in scientific publications.