Take that Editas: CRISPR Therapeutics and colleagues win a European round in the IP tug-of-war over gene editing tech
Still boiling over the latest patent decision on CRISPR/Cas 9 IP in the US, CRISPR Therapeutics $CRSP says its scientific founders have won a broad patent covering their work in Europe.
The European Patent Office has come through with patent no. 13793997, says the biotech. And the UK’s patent office followed through, taking the same position.
“We and the licensors of these foundational cases for CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing have long appreciated that Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer Doudna, and their doctoral and post-doctoral colleagues provided essential teachings that effectively enabled and facilitated the CRISPR field, which has allowed both researchers and gene editing companies to easily and precisely modulate target DNA sequences in any cell type and setting, including in human cells for potential therapeutic applications,” said Dr. Tyler Dylan-Hyde, the chief legal officer of CRISPR Therapeutics. “We also appreciate that, despite attempts by third parties trying to delay or prevent these grants through TPOs or potential oppositions, patent offices are beginning to recognize both the fundamental significance of the teachings by the Charpentier-Doudna team and their wide applicability to the CRISPR field. We look forward to pursuing similar findings in the U.S. under the first-to-invent system, and throughout the approximately 80 other countries our filings cover worldwide, all of which are on a first-to-file priority system.”
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