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US Federal Appeal Court upholds Myriad Gene patent
US Federal Appeal Court upholds Myriad Gene patent
By guest blogger Doug Calhoun for sticK
(sticK - 21 August 2012 ) A US appeals court has for a second time upheld the validity of the Myriad Genetics gene patent. In its 16 August 2012 decision.
The same judges again decided 2 to 1 in favour of Myriad for the same reasons as in their July 2011 decision. Each of the judges expanded on her or his reasoning, but their conclusions remained unchanged.
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