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Differing diagnoses for European and US patents

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Medical diagnostic patent applications in the United States and Europe face diverging fates following the Supreme Court's decision in Mayo.

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Figure 1: Fate of diagnostic patent applications.

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We thank C.R. Macedo for his comments on an earlier version of the manuscript. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein, LLP, or its clients. Nothing in this article is to be construed as legal advice or as a substitute for legal advice.

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Amos, B., Miller, A. Differing diagnoses for European and US patents. Nat Biotechnol 35, 334–335 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3839

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