Columbia got its patent for a technique called cotransformation in August 1983, making it one of the earlier biotechnology processes.
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These patents covered cotransformation, a form of transformation, another foundational method of biotechnology; Columbia licensed these patents nonexclusively and broadly and earned about $ 790 million.
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Since the process was introduced, Columbia says sales of drugs produced by cotransformation have totaled $ 28.3 billion, on which the school has taken an average 1 percent royalty.
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A fabricated prototype of the processor, which has a 32-bit cotransformation-based LNS arithmetic logic unit ( ALU ), demonstrated LNS as a " more accurate alternative to floating-point, " with improved speed.