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ESA’s patent database PINTO is now live!

To facilitate information of plant breeders by increasing transparency regarding the patent status of commercially available plant varieties, ESA European Seed Association has set up a specific database.

Following a name contest on social media and other events, the new web-based tool now named PINTO (Patent INformation and Transparency Online), has gone live today! Read more

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Rachel Wakefield

Communications Executive and Associate Editor
United Kingdom

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