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The Sanctity of the Embryo

The Sanctity of the Embryo

by | Jan 1, 2013 | EPO

The case concerns questions referred to the EBA following refusal of European patent application No. 96903521.1 (Publication No. EP0770125, the “WARF application”) in the name of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, relating to “Primate ES cells”. Oral Proceedings...
The (European) WARF Decision

The (European) WARF Decision

by | Jan 1, 2013 | Briefings, EPO

The WARF decision is out: the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) has held that the WARF invention required, at the time of filing, destruction of an embryo. Whatever the claims covered, this inevitable embryo destruction meant the application had to be refused. The...
Human stem cell inventions

Human stem cell inventions

by | Jan 1, 2013 | EPO

The European “WARF” Decision – G02/06 – changed examination practice at the European Patent Office in relation to inventions involving human ES cells. Rule 28 EPC 2000 provides that European patents shall not be granted in respect of...
The CJEU decision in Brüstle v Greenpeace e.V. (C-34/10)

The CJEU decision in Brüstle v Greenpeace e.V. (C-34/10)

by | Jan 1, 2013 | EPO

Brüstle v. Greenpeace e.V. (C-34/10) concerns a patent held by Professor Oliver Brüstle, who is the director of the Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology at the University of Bonn. His research includes treating neurological disease by transplanting neural stem...