After all, isn’t crop production by its very nature a biological process? Plants basically need water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight to grow, a process known as photosynthesis, and plants need ...

holding that plants and animals exclusively obtained by means of an essentially biological process are excluded from patentability. The opinion, which arose via a referral from the EPO President ...

Photosynthesis: A Chemical and Biological Process Whether we're standing in a vast forest or our own backyards, plants tend to disguise how they sustain themselves over time. But within every leaf ...

The European Patent Convention (EPC) determines the types of subject matter for which a European patent can be granted. Article 53(b) EPC recites: European patents shall not be granted in respect ...

This is the only biological technique ... the bioremediation of wastes by the process of biodegradation, biosorption, and bioconversion. Hyperaccumulator plants can also be grown on polluted ...

Trichoderma species constitute a group of filamentous fungi extensively recognized for their effectiveness in biological ...

But by collecting electrons naturally transported within plant cells, scientists can generate electricity as part of a “green,” biological solar cell ... During this process, light drives a flow of ...

“This mining withdrawal is a key step in protecting these highly restricted rare and endangered plants ... that this arduous process has finally been completed,” said Ileene Anderson, a senior ...