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PTAB Upholds Broad Institute's Priority in CRISPR-Cas9 Patent Dispute with University of California

Following a Federal Circuit remand, the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board reaffirms Broad’s invention of CRISPR gene editing in eukaryotic cells, denying University of Califor…

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The U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has reaffirmed its 2022 decision that the Broad Institute, MIT, and Harvard hold priority for the invention of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing applications in eukaryotic cells. This ruling follows a remand from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which requested re…
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PTAB Upholds Broad Institute's Priority in CRISPR-Cas9 Patent Dispute with University of California The U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has reaffirmed its 2022 decision that the Broad Institute, MIT, and Harvard hold priority for the invention of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing applications in eukaryotic cells. Thi... Read the full IIPLA article: https://iipla.org/news/ptab-upholds-broad-institute-s-priority-in-crispr-cas9-patent-dispute-with-university-of-california

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