by dkyarb | Mar 17, 2014 | Commentary
Ariosa Diagnostics has crucially secured a New York State certification for their Harmony™ noninvasive prenatal genetic diagnostic test. Having already gained acceptance as a key provider of prenatal diagnostics in California and abroad, this is good news for both the...
by dkyarb | Sep 25, 2013 | Cases, Commentary
In 1989, Bayer Cropsciences filed the application that matured into US Patent #6,153,401, covering “[A] polypeptide having the biological activity of 2,4-D monooxygenase.” The enzyme they had discovered was capable of cleaving the popular herbicide 2,4-D into harmless...
by emajchrz | Nov 9, 2010 | Cases, Commentary
Last Friday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted an amicus curiae brief in the Association for Molecular Pathology v. United States Patent and Trademark Office case (the “Myriad genes case”), which is currently before the Federal Circuit. Commentators,...
