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Bookmark or Share- Intellectual Property Landscape of the Human Genome | ScienceLabels show the loci of highly patented genes (see table S1). Open in viewer. Our results reveal that nearly 20% of human genes are explicitly claimed as U.S. IP. This represents 4382 of the 23,688 of genes in the NCBI's gene database at the time of writing (see figure, right).
- Inside the lawsuit that ended US gene patenting - Nature25 October 2021. Inside the lawsuit that ended US gene patenting. How a win in the Supreme Court challenged a linchpin of the genetic-testing industry. By. Heidi Ledford. Protesters outside the...
- U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Human Gene PatentsThe U.S Supreme Court ruled today that "naturally occurring" human genes cannot be patented because they are a "product of nature," meaning that they cannot be claimed as a human invention. But it also permitted patents based on laboratory reconstructions of human DNA, known as complementary DNAs, or cDNAs.
- What Are Gene Patents and Why Are People Worried about Them?Gene patents cover three distinct types of invention: (1) diagnostics, (2) compositions of matter and (3) functional uses. We discuss each in turn, providing examples, highlights of areas of concern and what is known about each. This overview is centered on US patent law and what is known about how gene patents are being used in the US.
- Genetic Gold Rush: How Supreme Court Heard A Case On Patenting Human ...Can you patent a human gene? Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi of our Planet Money team has the story of how this question wound up at the U.S. Supreme Court and how it raised an even more fundamental...
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