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Broad Institute’s CRISPR/Cas9 Patent EP2771468 Revoked

Broad Institute’s CRISPR/Cas9 Patent EP2771468 Revoked

Schlich represented Opponent 1 and is pleased to report as follows. The proceedings focused on the issue of priority right under the Paris Convention, a treaty providing a harmonized system for international patent priority rights. After nearly two days of...
Inventions Concerning Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Inventions Concerning Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Background Article 6(2) of the EU Biotech Directive excludes uses of human embryos for industrial or commercial purposes from patentability[1]. This exclusion does not affect inventions for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes which are applied to the human embryo and...