Lukken advocates clearly defining the objectives of regulations without enforcing a specific method of achieving that objective.

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"We have a beautiful, very specific method for capturing tumors, " Cote says.

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Those who choose to use this specific method should, at least if we are to be consistent about polluter pays, thus be bearing this extra environmental cost.

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The NIR method is highly specific for the detection of different kinds of fatty acids and it is intended to develop a database of fingerprints for different fatty acid components in algal biomass, with which to analyse actual algae.

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This method requires accounting for specific elements that may impact the investment.

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The researchers said this is a way of getting more specific genetic material into an egg than the method used on Dolly.

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Just as software code is not patentable, because there are so many ways to write code that does the same thing, you should be patenting the application, the method for doing something, not a specific relationship between hardware and software.

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Initially, patents were used to protect a specific implementation of an invention that was a feature of a new product, a method of making the product, or a new service.

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