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ce dernier d'interdire  d'autres personnes de fabriquer, de vendre ou d'utiliser l'invention revendique sans permission. Puisque les brevets sont des monopoles limits dans le temps, ils sont d'habitude coteux et longs  obtenir; cependant, les brevets sont trs importants quand on veut commercialiser des produits dans l'industrie des Biotechnologies/quipements mdicaux.</p>       <p>L'IBD possde 17 brevets qui ont t mis pendant ses 10 annes d'existence, et bien d'autres sont en attente. Voici une liste des brevets de l'IBD:</p>       <p>Tous les brevets sont cits dans leur langue d'origine.</p>       <ol>         <li>US patent #4,970,396- Infrared spectra recording, high pressure sample            holder. Wong, P.T.</li>         <li>US patent #4,980,551- Non-pressure-dependancy infrared absorption            spectra recording, sample cell. Wong, P.T.</li>         <li>US patent #5,038,039- Method of detecting the presence of anomalies            in biological tissues and cells in natural and cultured form by infrared            spectroscopy. Wong, P.T.; Rigas, B.</li>         <li>US patent #5,168,162-Method of detecting the presence of anomalies            in exfoliated cells using infrared spectroscopy. Wong, P.T.; Rigas,            B.</li>         <li>US patent #5,539,207-Method of identifying tissue. Wong, P.T.</li>         <li>US patent #5,473,160- Method for diagnosing arthritic disorders by            infrared spectroscopy. Eysel, H.H.;Jackson,M.;Mantsch,H.H.</li>         <li>US patent #5,619,138-Method of providing an RF pulse for use in NMR.            Rourke, D.</li>         <li>US patent #5,735,278-Surgical procedure with magnetic resonance imaging.            Hoult,D; Saunders, J.K.; Sutherland,G.R.;Roberts,F.A.</li>         <li>US patent #5,914,599-Compensation for inhomogeneity of the field generated            by the RF coil in a nuclear magnetic resonance system. Sharp, J.C.</li>         <li>US patent #5,916,152-Lung Permeability Analysis. Oppenheimer, L.,            Wang, J., Sowa, M.G. and Mantsch, H.H.</li>         <li>US patent #6,049,206-Compensation for inhomogeneity of the field generated            by the RF coil in a nuclear magnetic resonance system. Sharp, J.C.</li>         <li>US patent #6,064,770-Method and apparatus for detection of events            or novelties over a change of state. Scarth,G.B.; Somorjai,R.L.</li>         <li>US patent #6,107,798- Tuning and matching an impedance. Hoult,D.</li>         <li>US patent #6,384,603- Quadrature RF field coil for use in magnetic            resonance. Hoult,D.; Matwiy,J.</li>         <li>US patent #6,400,154- Multiple tunable double ring surface coil with            high B1 homogeneity. Tomanek,B.;Vlolovskyy,V.</li>         <li>US patent #6,424,859-Diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis in vivo using            a novel spectroscopic approach. Jackson,M. ; Sowa,M.G. ;Mansfield,J.R.            ;Eysel,H.H.;Mantsh,H.H.;El-Gabalawy,H,;Canvin,J.M.</li>         <li>US patent #6,472,871-Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging with            a variable repetition time in conjunction with a variable data acquisition            time. 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