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Discusses remedies available for enforcement of research tool patents used in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries in the United States. Description of the general function of U.S. patent laws; Discussion of a loophole allowing infringement of process patents; Scientific principles that govern modern drug discovery.

The article focuses on the trends in science education in the U.S. The several courses of study were first surveyed to classify the major units in relation to the main topics set up. The methods in which the various curriculum guides were organized, the way in which the concepts and basic learning were stated, and the details included varied all the ways from simple topical outlines to multi-volume and detailed resource guides with how-to-to-it sections. The tabulations were analyzed in terms of the basic learnings distributed among the ten topics in each major area in order to determine the emphasis placed by various groups of teachers who developed the curriculum guides.