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Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. v. Cepheid – Are Primers “Natural Products”?

Anyone familiar with the fate of claims to primers used in PCR, to amplify a stretch of target DNA in order to determine whether or not a significant mutation is present, could write the opinion in this appeal (No. 2017-1690 … Continue reading

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Ex Parte Young – Expanding the Scope of an “Abstract Idea.”

On July 18th, in appeal no. 2017-007443, the PTAB reversed the Examiner’s rejection to an improved method of manipulating the huge amount of DNA sequence information or “text strings” that are provided by applying the techniques of massively parallel sequencing … Continue reading

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