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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:44:28 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Chris Beck <cbeck () pacanukeha net> Date: October 31, 2005 7:17:11 PM EST To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>, Declan McCullagh <declan () well com> Subject: Patent law and stupid-corporate-tricks This might be of interest to your respective readers - news: "USPTO Issues Double-Patenting Rejection on Genentech's 29-Year Patent"In a preliminary ruling, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a double-patenting rejection on a Genentech patent indicating that the patent, awarded in 2001, covered basically the same invention as an earlier Genentech
patent that was set to expire next March. http://www.patentbaristas.com/archives/000245.php background:"Celltech gets a patent in 1989. Genentech fights it. They reach an agreement in 2001, tell the PTO to vacate the original patent and issue a new one ... but it's dated 2001 so a patent on some of the underlying tech involved in making
protein antibodies is extended from 2006 to 2018."http://pacanukeha.blogspot.com/2004/09/small-update-on- genentechcelltech.html
http://www.bio-itworld.com/archive/121503/insights_patents.html Cheers, Chris -- Chris Beck - http://pacanukeha.blogspot.com Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimis exponebantur ad necem. ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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