Green biotechnology: growing resilience for tomorrow's food security

How can plant biotechnology help crops withstand drought, flooding and disease, clean polluted soil and even produce medicines?
In this episode, Jeremy Philpott explores the science and IP protection behind plant technologies with Julia Krüger, an EPO patent examiner in biological materials, and Jean-Luc Gal, a patent lawyer. They explore the groundbreaking research behind gene editing, biotechnology’s role in supporting food security and climate resilience, and the patents and plant variety rights that reward inventors.

Host: Jeremy Philpott, communications manager, EPO

Guests:
Julia Krüger, patent examiner; EPO
Jean-Luc Gal, patent lawyer, EPO

More information:
Insight into plant biotechnology (epo.org/en/about-us/statistics/technology-dash…)
Biotech Patents (epo.org/en/news-events/in-focus/biotechnology-…)
Q&A on plant patents (epo.org/en/news-events/press-centre/fact-sheet…)