Mammalian Cloning: Crosscurrents in the Patent System

6/27/1997


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Mammalian Cloning: Crosscurrents in the Patent System

1997 - Hello, Dolly!

neo-Luddite response

Historical Perspective . . .

1930 - Congress protects clones

Fast forward . . . To the 1950’s

Bioscience - The 1950’s

Bio-Imagination - The 1950’s

From: Natural State

1952 The New Patent Act

Enabling disclosure

Genentech v Novo Nordisk, CAFC March 13, 1997

Academic Research vs. Practical Utility

1970 - Plant Variety Protection Act

The 1970’s - Biotechnology

The 1980’s - Biotechnology

1980 - Chakrabarty patent case

The 1980’s - Biotechnology

Utility patents for living subject matter

1987 - Ex parte Allen

1988 - The Leder mouse

The 1990’s - Biotechnology

Voices against animal patenting

Foundation on Economic Trends

Council for Responsible Genetics

Another anti-patent protest

Medical-surgical methods

Medical-surgical methods

Medical-surgical methods

The 1990’s - Biotechnology in the PTO

The 1990’s - Biotechnology

Biotechnology Patents Issued

The 1990’s - Animal Patents

Animal Patent Applications

Examples of patents

PPL Therapeutics (Scotland) Ltd.

US Patent 5,476,995

ABS Global, Inc.

US Patent 4,994,384

ABS Global, Inc.

US Patent 5,057,420

ABS Global, Inc.

US Patent 5,496,720

Biotech Patent Suits Filed

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