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MoFo Life Sciences

What Makes a Good Cell and Gene Therapy Application?

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Cell and gene therapies represent a transformative frontier in modern medicine, offering potential cures for previously untreatable conditions. However, securing intellectual property (IP) protection for these innovations...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

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

Maynard Nexsen

Patenting Microbial Products: Pitfalls, Value, and Special Concerns

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The use of microorganisms in human industry is ancient, but has increased markedly in recent years. The modern recognition of the role of microbial communities in the human body has intensified innovation in fields like...more

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

Key Inventorship Considerations in AI-assisted Drug Development

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The utilization of artificial intelligence (“AI”) is becoming ubiquitous across a wide range of industry sectors. The biotech industry is no exception. AI-driven platforms have become increasingly useful to biotech...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Developing and Patenting AI Inventions: 5 Things for Biotech Companies to Consider

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As AI tools become more prevalent in the life sciences, biotechnology companies need to evaluate AI’s impact on their ability to protect the results of their research. Recent U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) guidance...more

Knobbe Martens

Introduced Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023 (PERA) Seeks to Revitalize Patent Eligibility Standards

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On June 6, 2023, the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Intellectual Property introduced a Bill entitled “Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023” (PERA) aiming to amend the law relating to patent subject matter...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Takeaways From the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies Partnership Series – Part...

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On September 22, 2022, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) conducted a live meeting for its Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Emerging Technologies (ET) Partnership Series. During this meeting, panelists from industry...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

In re Adler (Fed. Cir. 2013)

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Ever since the Supreme Court handed down its decision in KSR Int'l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398 (2007), both the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the courts have found it easier to render a decision that a claimed...more

Akerman LLP

Post-Myriad Strategies for Claiming Biotech Inventions in the United States

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The United States Supreme Court recently ruled that genes or other naturally-occurring pieces of DNA are patent ineligible subject matter in Association for Molecular Pathology, et al. v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., et al. No....more

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