No Winners in Patent Shootout

Article Abstract:

A jury has deadlocked in a 9-year-old patent infringement case between Genentech and the University of California (UC). The University claims that Genentech had infringed on their patent on the gene for human growth hormone. A Genentech employee testified that in 1978 he secretly retrieved portions of DNA that he had worked on as a UC post-doctorate student. However, his testimony was ultimately irrelevant to the case, and his professional behavior is now being unnecessarily scrutinized.

United States, Interpretation and construction, Genentech Inc., Patent law, University of California (San Francisco), GNE

---

Chiron challenged on hepatitis-C patent

Article Abstract:

Virologist Daniel W. Bradley is suing Chiron Corp over royalties from a test for the hepatitis C virus. Bradley and Chiron disagree on Bradley's role in the research that led to the patent on the test.

Testing, Chiron Corp., CHIR, Hepatitis C virus, Bradley, Daniel W.

---

PCR: running hot and fast

Article Abstract:

A review of the progress in PCR technology, since it was first as an gene- amplification tool for genetic screening in 1985, is presented. Various companies' new products and technologies are profiled.

Innovations, Intellectual property, Polymerase chain reaction, Genetic screening, Genetic testing, DNA polymerases

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: Photovores: intelligent robots are constructed from castoffs. Turing test
• Abstracts: Hopi ancestors. Restoring the sagebrush steppe
• Abstracts: More bits in pits: DVD-Like system could take a run at holographic storage. The new uncertainty principle; for complex environmental issues, science learns to take a backseat to political precaution
• Abstracts: Out in the open. Dealing with debris. Another direction
• Abstracts: How the brain processes social information: Searching for the social brain. Noncoding RNAs in the mammalian central nervous system

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.