News & Analysis as of

Patent Applications CRISPR

Jones Day

Ban on European Patents for Plants Engineered by "New Genomic Techniques" Nearing Reality

Jones Day on

The European Parliament has adopted an amended European Commission proposal to regulate plants engineered using techniques such as CRISPR/Cas and ban any patenting of plants, plant parts, material, genetic information, or...more

MoFo Life Sciences

Retaining Your Patent Priority Date In Europe: Formal Priority Given A Rebuttable Presumption In Favor Of Applicant/Patentee

MoFo Life Sciences on

On October 10, 2023, the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) issued a groundbreaking decision that reflects a major change in how formal priority is assessed at the EPO during examination and in...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

CVC Appeals PTAB Decision in CRISPR Interference

The decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in favor of Senior Party the Broad Institute, Harvard University, and MIT (collectively, "Broad") and against Junior Party the University of California/Berkeley, the...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Top Stories of 2022: #5 to #7

After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 16th annual list of top patent stories.  For 2022, we identified ten stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Oral Hearing in Interference No. 106,127

The PTAB held an Oral Hearing between Junior Party the University of California, the University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, "CVC") and Senior Party ToolGen on September 12th, bringing to a close...more

Jones Day

CRISPR Technology in the Agricultural Industry: Patent and Regulatory Updates

Jones Day on

The ability to edit eukaryotic DNA entails an almost limitless ability to alter the genetic makeup of the plants that become our food. Recently, scientific attention has been directed to applying a class of new gene-editing...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Junior Party Broad Files Reply to Sigma-Aldrich Opposition to Broad Contingent Motion No. 2

On December 3rd, Junior Party the Broad Institute, Harvard University, and MIT (collectively, Broad) filed its Contingent Preliminary Motion No. 2 in Interference No. 106,133 (which names Sigma-Aldrich as Senior Party),...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Sigma-Aldrich Files Reply to Broad’s Opposition to Sigma's Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 1 to Deny Priority Benefit in...

On December 3rd, Senior Party Sigma-Aldrich filed its Preliminary Motion No. 1 that asked the Board to deny the Broad Institute, Harvard University, and MIT (collectively, Broad) benefit of its U.S. Provisional Application...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 20th Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents - June 2nd - 3rd, New York, NY

ACI’s Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents is back in person on June 2–3 in New York City. Our reimagined 2022 conference will provide practical insights on how to implement bullet-proof patent prosecution tactics,...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

CVC Files Reply to Sigma-Aldrich Opposition to CVC Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 1 to be Accorded Priority Benefit

On November 19th, Junior Party the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna; and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, "CVC") filed its Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 1 in Interference No. 106,132...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Senior Party Sigma-Aldrich Files Reply to Junior Party CVC'S Opposition to Its Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 1 to Change...

On November 19th, Senior Party Sigma-Aldrich filed its Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 1 in CRISPR Interference No. 106,132, asking the Board to substitute the Count pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 41.121(a)(1)(iii) and...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Senior Party Sigma-Aldrich Files Opposition to Junior Party Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 1 in Interference No. 106,133

On December 3rd, Junior Party the Broad Institute, Harvard University, and MIT (collectively, Broad) filed its Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 1 in Interference No. 106,133 (which names Sigma-Aldrich as Senior Party),...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

PTAB Awards Priority for CRISPR-Cas9 Systems in Eukaryotic Cells to Broad Institute, MIT and Harvard

In its latest decision in a series of interferences related to the CRISPR gene-editing system, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) granted priority to The Broad Institute, MIT and Harvard (collectively, “Broad”) for...more

A&O Shearman

New decisions in Europe and the US in CRISPR/Cas9 patent dispute

A&O Shearman on

CRISPR/Cas technology, also known as “genetic scissor”, is one of the most targeted and promising tools in gene technology. It allows targeted and extremely precise modification of the DNA in humans, animals, plants and...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Senior Party Sigma-Aldrich's Opposition to CVC's Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 3 in Interference No. 106,132

On February 18th, Senior Party Sigma-Aldrich filed its Opposition to Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 3 from the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna; and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively,...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Sigma-Aldrich Files Opposition to CVC Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 1 to be Accorded Priority Benefit

On February 18th, Sigma-Aldrich filed its Opposition to Junior Party's (the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna; and Emmanuelle Charpentier; collectively, "CVC") Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 1...more

Morgan Lewis

PTAB Issues Decision Awarding Priority of Invention of CRISPR Gene Editing Patents to Broad Institute

Morgan Lewis on

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued a decision on February 28 awarding priority of invention of foundational CRISPR gene editing patents to the Broad Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Sigma-Aldrich Files Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 1 to Deny Broad Priority Benefit to Its Earliest-filed Provisional...

On December 3rd, Senior Party Sigma-Aldrich filed its Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 1 in Interference No. 106,133 (which names the Broad Institute, Harvard University, and MIT (collectively, Broad) as Junior Party),...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Broad Files Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 3 to Designate Claims as not Corresponding to Count in Interference No. 106,133

On December 3rd, Junior Party the Broad Institute, Harvard University, and MIT (collectively, Broad) filed its Contingent Preliminary Motion No. 3 in Interference No. 106,133 (which names Sigma-Aldrich as Senior Party),...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

PTAB Hears Oral Argument in Interference No. 106,115

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board heard oral argument under 37 C.F.R. § 41.124(c) on February 4th in the Priority Phase of Interference No. 106,115 between the Broad Institute, Harvard University, and MIT (collectively,...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Broad Files Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 1 to Substitute the Count

On December 3rd, Junior Party the Broad Institute, Harvard University, and MIT (collectively, Broad) filed its Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 1 in Interference No. 106,133 (which names Sigma-Aldrich as Senior Party),...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Sigma-Aldrich Files Substantive Preliminary Motion 1 to Change the Count in Interference No. 106,132

On November 19th, Senior Party Sigma-Aldrich filed its Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 1 in CRISPR Interference No. 106,132 (where the Broad Institute, Harvard University and MIT, collectively, "Broad" is the Junior Party)...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

CVC Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 1 for Priority Benefit

On November 19th, Junior Party the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna; and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, "CVC") filed its Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 1 in Interference No. 106,132...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

PTAB Sets Motions and Times in CVC vs. Sigma Interference No. 106,132

Following a telephone conference held on August 16th (a transcript of which can be found here) between the Board and representatives of Junior Party the University of California/Berkeley, the University of Vienna, and...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

PTAB Sets Motions and Times in Broad vs. Sigma Interference No. 106,133

Following a telephone conference held on August 16th between the Board and representatives of Junior Party the Broad Institute, Harvard University, and MIT (collectively, Broad) and Senior Party Sigma-Aldrich, the Board...more

80 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 4

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide