Patent issues of genomics research

✍ Scribed by Catherine M. Polizzi; Debra A. Shetka

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 125 KB
• Volume: 41
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0272-4391
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2299(199707/08)41:3/4<205::aid-ddr10>3.0.co;2-3

✦ Synopsis

The interface between the science of genomics and the law of protecting inventions has been fraught with controversy. This paper starts with a basic primer on US patent law followed by a review of the patent issues related to genomics discoveries, in particular, expressed sequence tags (ESTs). Particular focus is placed on the positions expressed by those within the National Institutes of Health and the US Patent and Trademark Office about policy questions and patentability issues for ESTs. The paper concludes with a report on the status of patent law issues related to genomics and discusses those issues yet to be resolved.