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NOVA•Season 9•Episode 7

Life: Patent Pending

Feb 28, 198255 min

NOVA shows how scientists go about creating new forms of life, and investigates the impact of the gene bonanza on industry, medicine, and the universities themselves. NOVA reveals that other countries are plowing far more resources than the US into the burgeoning industry.

Directed byRobert Zalisk

Written byRobert Zalisk

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Season 9 Episodes19

Salmon on the Run

Test-Tube Babies: A Daughter For Judy

Field Guide to Roger Tory Peterson

The Hunt for the Legion Killer

Finding a Voice

The Television Explosion

Life: Patent Pending

Palace of Delights

Animal Impostors

Aging: The Methuselah Syndrome

The Case of the UFOs

The Fragile Mountain

Here's Looking At You Kid

Adventures of Teenage Scientists

The Cobalt Blues

Goodbye Louisiana

Whale Watch

Tracking The Supertrains

The Making of a Natural History Film

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Episode Summary

"Life: Patent Pending" is episode 7 of NOVA season 9. Directed by Robert Zalisk and written by Robert Zalisk, it aired on February 28, 1982.

Next: E8 · Palace of Delights Best of Season 9