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Fed. Cir. Orders Briefing in Myriad Remand

On April 30th, in response to the Supreme Court’s GVR of the Myriad appeal (AMP et al. are still trying to get the claims to isolated DNA molecules and the use of a transgenic cell comprising the BRCA1 gene to … Continue reading

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Supreme Court Remands In Myriad Appeal

Today, as predicted by many commentators, the Supreme Court set aside the ruling by the Fed. Cir. that claims to isolated DNA sequences that are the BRCA 1 or 2 gene, or fragments thereof, are patentable subject matter. The Supreme … Continue reading

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Myriad Revisited – The Consequences of Prometheus Unbound

In my last post on Prometheus, I concluded: It is hard to think of a diagnostic assay claim that does not either detect the +/- presence of a marker (like anti-HIV antibodies) or involve the comparison of the level of … Continue reading

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Top 2011 IP Stories on Patents4Life

I spent a day or two looking back over the breaking IP news that resulted in posts on Patents4Life. I wrote most of them, but want to take a pause to thank regular contributors Paul Cole, Ron Schutz and Stefan … Continue reading

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