Title in French : Biotechnologie et protection par brevet; Table of Contents : 1. Patents in a time of rapid scientific and technological change : inventions in biotechnology (by F.K. Beier and J. Strauss); 2. Patent protection in biotechnology : questions, answers and observations (by R.S. Crespi); 3. Conclusions and recommendations (by the Group of Experts);. Pubbl. contemporaneamente in francese col tit.: Biotechnologie et protection par brevet.