Apart from the fact that the technology is not yet mature, and that generally accepted, mutually compatible international standards have not yet emerged, the biggest bottleneck for biochips at the moment is the many thousands of patents which have been taken out in the field, which limit the avenues available to each player.
除了技術仍不夠成熟，國際間也還未找出大家公認、彼此相容的標準外，生物晶片目前最大的瓶頸在於，幾千個專利卡在一起，彼此互相牽制。