• GenEcon@lemm.ee
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    2 年前

    Something doesn’t add up here since you can’t patent anything for decades.

    • jadero@mander.xyz
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      2 年前

      I read that as:

      For decades, Nestle has been patenting milk proteins.

      They’ve been doing it for a long time, not somehow getting extra-long patents.

    • qyron@sopuli.xyz
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      2 年前

      Seems like I messed up carrying over thoughts over language barrier.

      Where was I unclear?

      • bort@feddit.de
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        patents expire. so nestle shoudln’t be able to “patenting human milk proteins for decades”

      • bitwolf
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        Maybe there is an Oxford comma? I understood what you meant