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Biotech Genome Patents Invalidated?

Posted by chrisd on from the uspto-does-something-interesting dept.

bruthasj writes "The Boston Globe has a piece about all the Biotechs grabbing patents that dealt with segments of the Human Genome. It appears there are work arounds and that the USPTO basically disregards further patents on the genome. As one quoted: ''The land grab is over''. Read about it here."

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  1. Umm.... by Oxygen99 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Doesn't anyone else think patenting genes is a little bit too much like this for comfort?

    Who said satire was dead? Woo-hoo!

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