Two papers were filed with the PTAB in Interference No. 106,155 between Senior Party The Broad Institute, Harvard University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Junior Party the University of California,...more
On January 9th, Junior Party the University of California/Berkeley, the University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, "CVC") filed a Motion in Opposition to Senior Party The Broad Institute, Harvard...more
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Continuing explication of the motions submitted on January 9th to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Interference No. 106155 between Senior Party The Broad Institute, Harvard University, and...more
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
January 9th was a busy day at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). On that day no fewer than five substantive briefs were filed in Interference No. 106,115, two by Senior Party The Broad Institute, Harvard University,...more
Last January 17th, the Opposition Division (OD) of the European Patent Office revoked in its entirety European Patent No. EP 2771468, which named as Proprietors The Broad Institute, MIT, and Harvard College and had been...more
All interferences have filings that are either kept confidential or are entirely procedural in nature. While there is little substantive to discuss, acknowledging them serves the purpose of keeping track of the proceedings;...more
In early November, Senior Party the Broad Institute (along with Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) filed their response to Junior Party the University of California/Berkeley, the University of...more
As previously discussed, Senior Party The Broad Institute (joined by Harvard University and MIT) on October 14th filed Substantive Motion No 2 (to substitute the count) in the current interference over CRISPR technology (No....more
On October 14th, Junior Party the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna; and Emmanuelle Charpentier; collectively, "CVC") filed its Substantive Motion No. 1 to be awarded priority benefit to their...more
Part of every interference are a variety of housekeeping matters which, while not dispositive, are important to recognize for their effects (or potential effects) on the proceedings. Some are simple matters: for example, on...more
On October 14th, Senior Party the Broad Institute (joined by Harvard University and MIT) filed several authorized motions in Interference No. 106,115, including Substantive Motion No. 2 and No. 3, against Junior Party the...more
On October 14th, Senior Party the Broad Institute (joined by Harvard University and MIT) filed several authorized motions, including Substantive Motion No. 3 (to designate claims as not corresponding to the count), against...more
October 14th was a busy day at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) for the current interference over CRISPR technology (No. 106,115). The Junior Party (the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna;...more
On October 18th, Junior Party (the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna; and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, "CVC") filed its authorized opposition to Substantive Motion No. 1 from Senior Party...more
On September 11th, Junior Party (Regents of the University of California, University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier, collectively "CVC") in Interference No. 106,115 with The Broad Institute et al. filed a motion to...more
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
In their Order of August 26th, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board authorized the University of California/Berkeley, University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier, Junior Party (abbreviated "CVC") to file a miscellaneous...more
On Monday, August 26, 2019, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued an Order deciding which of the parties' (University of California/Berkeley, the University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier, Junior Party,...more
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
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
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
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
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
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