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U.S. Court of Appeals Stays Decision to Bar Stem Cell Funding

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Warren Woessner

A three judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia stayed the recent district court ruling which voided President Obama’s executive order permitting Federal funding for research on an  expanded number of embryogenic stem cell lines … Continue reading →

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Webinar on Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells – Oct. 6th

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Warren Woessner

Dr. Robin Chadwick will be discussing her project to landscape pending and issued patent claims directed to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) from the International Stem Cell Conference in Detroit. Many researchers are turning to this family of stem cells … Continue reading →

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Stem Cell Funding Ban Stayed by D.C. Cir.

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Warren Woessner

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit stayed the order of the D.C. District Court that had nullified President Obama’s executive order restoring Federal funding for research on embryonic stem cells (ESCs) as conflicting with … Continue reading →

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USPTO Issues “2010 KSR Guidelines Update”

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Warren Woessner

On September 1st, the Office of Patent Legal Administration (I didn’t know there was one) issued 17 pages in the Fed. Reg. (Vol. 75, 53643) updating its obviousness guidelines. (A copy of the guidelines is found at the end of … Continue reading →

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