Link: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1120014
Description: WEBOct 14, 2005 · Although large expanses of the genome are unpatented, some genes have up to 20 patents asserting rights to various gene uses and manifestations including diagnostic uses, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), cell lines, and constructs containing the gene.
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Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2935940/
Description: WEBSep 9, 2010 · The Biotechnology Directive explicitly permits patenting of genes but with somewhat higher thresholds for patentability than U.S. law, for example, requiring that claims on DNA sequences encoding a protein also specify that protein’s function and an industrial application (76, 95).
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Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02905-9
Description: WEB25 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...
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Link: https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/diagnostic-testing-and-the-ethics-of-patenting-709/
Description: WEBSep 29, 2008 · Under current patent law in both Europe and the United States, genes can be patented if certain other requirements are met, such as isolating the gene from its natural environment and...
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Link: https://www.npr.org/2020/11/27/939532309/genetic-gold-rush-how-supreme-court-heard-a-case-on-patenting-human-genome
Description: WEBNov 27, 2020 · 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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Link: https://www.science.org/content/article/can-human-genes-be-patented
Description: WEBApr 17, 2013 · The challengers argue that human genes are "products of nature"—not inventions—and so cannot be patented. The defendant, Myriad Genetics of Salt Lake City, argues that its patents are valid because they describe genes not as they occur in nature but as they exist after they have been "isolated" from tissue.
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Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3446309/
Description: WEBJun 29, 2012 · Both product and method claims are found in gene-related patents. Understanding the different claims encompassed by the imprecise term 'gene patent' is critical to the proper interpretation and application of patent law as we seek to optimally promote the development of genetic medicine.
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Link: https://www.science.org/content/article/us-supreme-court-strikes-down-human-gene-patents
Description: WEBThe 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.
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Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2220018/
Description: WEBGene 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.
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Link: https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/testing/genepatents/
Description: WEBCan genes be patented? A gene patent is the exclusive rights to a specific sequence of DNA (a gene) given by a government to the individual, organization, or corporation who claims to have first identified the gene.
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