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Federal Circuit Vacates PTAB Ruling on CRISPR-Cas9 Invention, Orders Reconsideration of Patent Priority

Appeals court finds Patent Trial and Appeal Board applied incorrect legal standards in CRISPR-Cas9 interference case involving Broad Institute and CVC

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has overturned the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s 2022 decision awarding priority of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing invention to the Broad Institute. The court ruled that the PTAB applied the wrong legal standard and failed to consider relevant evidence, remanding the case…
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Federal Circuit Vacates PTAB Ruling on CRISPR-Cas9 Invention, Orders Reconsideration of Patent Priority The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has overturned the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s 2022 decision awarding priority of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing invention to the Broad Institute. The court ruled that the... Read the full IIPLA article: https://iipla.org/news/federal-circuit-vacates-ptab-ruling-on-crispr-cas9-invention-orders-reconsideration-of-patent-priority

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