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A CRISPR patent win for a Gene-Editing startup
A patent involving CRISPR has been issued to a biotech startup, Caribou Biosciences in Berkeley, which was co-founded by Jennifer Doudna. The University of Cali…
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Digital Barcode patent granted to Applied BioCode, Inc. for identification of multiplexed biomarkers or pathogens
Applied BioCode announced on February 9th, 2016 the grant of US Patent 9255922 from United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. Briefly, the granted patent describes the material and method of a digital barcode, and the specialty of which being 1,000 times smaller than the conventional barcodes. The digital barcode is mainly employed for simultaneous identification of thousands of bacteria, viruses, pathogens, or biomarkers.
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Grant of two international patents to Integral Molecular, Inc. for key Lipoparticle Technology
On 11th of February 2016, Integral Molecular, Inc. announced the issuance of two key patents in Europe and the U.S, respectively. Integral Molecular, Inc. is a leader in membrane protein antibody discovery and the issuance of patents, EP166038 and US9213027, has further strengthened the company's rapidly expanding patent portfolio for its Lipoparticle technology.
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Tattooing
Are you getting a Tattoo done? Looking for a design? Think before you copy a design for your tattoo, as Tattoos do have copyrights. Yes, you read it right! Copyright issues are present while dealing with Tattoos unless they are custom made exclusively for you by the artist. These custom made Tattoos of yours are the Intellectual Property of the artist. According to the Law, “Copyright protects original works of authorship that are fixed in a tangible form of expression” and this also includes SKIN.
Continue readingNobilis Therapeutics Files Patent on Noble Gas Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease
Nobilis Therapeutics, a biotechnology company specializing in clinical development involving medical inventions which are noble-gas based filed a patent involvi…
Continue readingPatent Office refuses divisional patent for GSK Biologicals' vaccine
A divisional patent application filed by GSK at the Kolkata patent office was rejected on the grounds that composition, manufacturing method, its use and method…
Continue readingSobi's Orfadin® oral suspension granted European patent
A drug named Orfadin® (nitisinone) an oral suspension formulation for the treatment of Hereditary Tyrosinaemia type-1 (HT-1) has been granted a patent by the EP…
Continue readingPatenting Pedagogy?
A patent application by the Khan Academy in the US has raised serious doubts regarding the patentability of teaching methods. The online education academy has f…
Continue readingInterference Proceeding Likely to Prolong CRISPR Patent Case
Who invented CRISPER? This has become one of the unsolved mysteries of the patent arena. An interference proceeding will be launched by the USPTO in order to re…
Continue readingQuentin Tarantino sued for 'hundreds of millions' by writing duo who claim he stole the plot of DjangoUnchained
Ace filmmaker Quentin Tarantino has been sued by being accused for stealing the plot of the much acclaimed and one of the highest grosser movies Django Unchaine…
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