A long-running legal battle over patents for CRISPR Cas9 gene editing has seen the US Patent Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board rule against the two scientists credited with discovering the technology, Jennifer Doudna of the University of California and the University of Vienna’s Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively known as CVC), and in favor of Feng Zhang of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
CRISPR Patent Ruling Lifts Editas, Disappoints Intellia and CRISPR Therapeutics
US Decision Goes Against Nobel Prize Winners
A US decision to grant a CRISPR Cas9 patent to The Broad Institute lifts Editas but adds uncertainty to the IP estate of Intellia and CRISPR Therapeutics.
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