Saturday, November 9, 2013

The end of DNA patents in the United States?


 2013 Oct 19. [Epub ahead of print]

The end of DNA patents in the United States?

Source

Dehns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys , London , UK pwebber@dehns.com.

Abstract

For over 20 years, the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has been granting patents to DNA sequences. But on 13 June 2013, the US Supreme Court decided that genomic DNA sequences are unpatentable because they are products of nature. This article discusses the effect that this will have on DNA patents in the Unites States and in other countries.

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