Contents

• Preface
• Summary
• Information about the speakers
• Programme
• Jan Merks - Background of the workshop
• Torben Greve - The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
• Papers of speakers:
  • Hans-Rainer Jaenichen - Procedure, time path, and costs of patent applications
  • Nick Scott-Ram - The patent directive: what it does and does not cover
  • Armin Machmer, Willi Rothley - The development of a new patent directive for biotechnological inventions
  • Lisbet Dyerberg - The implementation of the directive in a EU member state
  • François Chrétien - Experience with patents in plant breeding
  • Ed Kenney - Innovation Foundation’s experience with patentable inventions
  • Harry Griffin - Patents in animal biotechnology: Roslin’s experience to date
  • Peter Sandøe - Ethical questions concerning the patenting of inventions in farm animal production
• List of participants
• Farm Animal Industrial Platform
• List of members