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Take That Conception Out of the Oven – It’s CRISPR Even If the Cook Doesn’t Know

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Addressing the distinction between conception and reduction to practice and the requirement for written description in the unpredictable arts, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit explained that proof of conception...more

Foley Hoag LLP

A Super CRISPR Week – the Week of May 12, 2025: Patent Battles, Clinical Milestones, and Next-Gen Tools

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Key Takeaways: Federal Circuit Reopens CRISPR-Cas9 Priority Fight. The CAFC vacated the PTAB’s earlier ruling that UC lacked prior conception of CRISPR-Cas9 in eukaryotic cells, remanding the interference for reconsideration...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

The Future of Food: Regulatory and Patent Landscape of Genome Editing in Food Technology

Our current food system is facing a myriad of critical challenges. The United Nations predicts that the world population will reach 9.3 billion people by 2050, which means that we will need to produce 60% more food to feed...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] The National Forum on IP Funding and Tech Strategies for Novel Therapeutic Modalities and Gene Therapies - March 21st -...

Hosted by American Conference Institute (ACI), the National Forum on IP, Funding and Tech Strategies for Novel Therapeutic Modalities and Gene Therapies will highlight leveraging technology, safeguarding IP, and securing...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

PTAB Holds for Broad in CRISPR Interference: The Reasoning

Inventorship determinations have been called, in some of their incarnations, "one of the muddiest concepts in the muddy metaphysics of patent law."  Mueller Brass Co. v. Reading Indus., 352 F. Supp. 1357, 1372 (E.D. Pa....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

ToolGen Files Opposition to CVC Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 2 to Deny Priority Benefit

On May 20th, Junior Party the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna; and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, "CVC") filed its Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 2 in Interference No. 106,127 (which...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights, Volume 2, Issue 15

Bye-Bye, Bitcoin: It's Time to Ban Cryptocurrencies - "International banking officials say cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin are speculative assets, not sustainable, usable money." Why this is important: This opinion piece...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

The CRISPR Chronicles: Enter Toolgen

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board has declared interferences individually between Toolgen as Senior Party and as Junior Party the parties in the pending interference, Broad Institute, Harvard...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Separate Interferences Declared between Toolgen and Broad and CVC over CRISPR Priority Question

One of the most notable movie taglines, "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water," was used to market the sequel to the original summer blockbuster movie, Jaws. It is perhaps impossible to not think of...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Top Stories of 2020: #5 to #8

After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 14th annual list of top patent stories.  For 2020, we identified eight stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

CVC Files Substantive Motion No. 3 (for Improper Inventorship) and Broad Opposes

Last fall the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, in Interference no. 106,115, granted leave to Junior Party The University of California/Berkeley, the University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, "CVC") to file...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Broad Files Opposition to CVC's Motion No. 1 for Priority Benefit

One of the briefs filed on January 9th in Interference No. 106,115 between Senior Party The Broad Institute, Harvard University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (collectively, "Broad") and Junior Party the...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Top Stories of 2019: #11 to #15

After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 13th annual list of top patent stories.  For 2019, we identified fifteen stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

University of California/Berkeley et al. Authorized to File Motion Opposed to Broad Substantive Motion No. 1

In a brief Order issued September 25, 2019, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board authorized the Junior Party (the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna; and Emmanuelle...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Patenting Considerations for Artificial Intelligence in Biotech and Synthetic Biology

Artificial Intelligence (AI) inventions have aided development in nearly every industry, but perhaps none more so than synthetic biology. For synthetic biology researchers, AI has developed into a vital tool to create cutting...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

University of California/Berkeley Granted Yet Another CRISPR Patent

On Tuesday, August 20, 2019, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted U.S. Patent No. 10,385,360 to the University of California/Berkeley, directed to an aspect of its CRISPR technology (where CRISPR is an acronym for...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

CRISPR Interference Parties Propose Motions

The parties (University of California/Berkeley, the University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier, Junior Party, and The Broad Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard University, Senior Party) to the...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Sigma-Aldrich Files “Urgent” Petition for Patent Interference on CRISPR-Cas9

On July 19, 2019, Sigma-Aldrich filed a petition with the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the Chief Administrative Patent Judge (“CAPJ”) of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) seeking an...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Sigma-Aldrich Wants Its Piece of CRISPR Pie

On Friday, July 19, 2019, Sigma-Aldrich filed a self-described "extraordinary" petition to the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (under 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.181-1.183) and the Chief Judge of the PTAB (under 37 C.F.R....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

New CRISPR Interference: The Details

On June 24th, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office declared an interference (No. 106,115) between patents and applications owned by the Regents of the University of California, the University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

CRISPR Battle Joined Again

On June 24th, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office declared an interference between patents (and an application) assigned to the Broad Institute (and other institutions) and applications assigned to the University of...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Another U.S. Patent Issued for CRISPR

Last Tuesday, April 23, 2019, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted (at long last) to the University of California/Berkeley, the University of Vienna, and inventor Emmanuelle Charpentier a patent corresponding to the...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

CRISPR Patent Watch

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today granted U.S. Patent 10,227,611 to Jennifer Doudna, Martin Jinek, Krzysztof Chylinski, and Emmanuelle Charpentier, the patent entitled "Methods and compositions for RNA-directed...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Top Stories of 2018: #11 to #15

After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 12th annual list of top patent stories. For 2018, we identified fifteen stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe...more

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