For instance, the leading biochip firm-Affymetrix of the US-has acquired around 100 patents since it was established in 1992, so that almost all biochip companies worldwide find themselves hampered at every turn.
例如生物晶片界的龍頭──美國的 Affymetrix 公司，自一九九二年成立以來，已經擁有上百項的專利，幾乎讓全球的晶片業者「動輒得咎」。