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Thor_MN

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1. Prior art... How does this affect the concept?

Reply to Vehl (Original post)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 06:55 PM

Nov 2012

Say company A patents a gene... Couldn't company B get the patent invalidated by simply finding a person with the same gene that is older than the person from whom company A isolated it?

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Supreme Court to rule on patentability of human genes [View all] Vehl Nov 2012 OP

Prior art... How does this affect the concept? Thor_MN Nov 2012 #1

If Tech patents awarded by the USPTO are any indication... Vehl Nov 2012 #2