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New guidance on the patentability of embryonic stem cell patents in Europe

Nature Biotechnology volume 27, pages 338–339 (2009)Cite this article

The European Patent Office rules in the latest installment of the prosecution of the WARF patents.

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  1. Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, G 0002/06, 25 November, 2008.

  2. EP 0 770 125.

  3. European Directive 98/44/EC on the Legal Protection of Biotechnology Inventions.

  4. Article 53(a) of the EPC.

  5. Recital 42 of the European Directive 98/44/EC on the Legal Protection of Biotechnology Inventions.

  6. UKIPO Practice Notice: Inventions Involving Human Embryonic Stem Cells, 3 February 2009.

  7. Monsanto v. Cefetra, District Court of The Hague, 249983/HA ZA 05/2885, 19 March 2008.

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  1. Robert Fitt is in the life sciences group at Bristows, London, UK. robert.fitt@bristows.com,

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Fitt, R. New guidance on the patentability of embryonic stem cell patents in Europe. Nat Biotechnol 27, 338–339 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0409-338

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