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USPTO Terminates Challenge to Patents on CRISPR Genome-Editing Technology

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the “PTAB”) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) halted a challenge to patents of the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT directed to CRISPR genome-editing technology by terminating an interference proceeding initiated by the University of California. The CRISPR technology relates to an ancient bacterial immune system that has been repurposed to edit DNA. In its decision, the PTAB found that even though the earlier patent application of the University  of California disclosed the CRISPR technology for use generally, it would not subsequently have been obvious to arrive at the Broad Institute’s technique for using CRISPR to edit the genomes of mouse and human cells. The PTAB accordingly terminated the interference proceedings.  A full copy of the decision can be found here.

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