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“Isolated” Natural Products Still in Purgatory Post-PTO Guidance?

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Warren Woessner

Recently, a new class of antibiotic, teixobactin, was discovered in the soil in a Boston researcher’s backyard via a high throughput in situ screening chip that detected individual bacteria capable of growing in an uncultured state. The resulting isolates were … Continue reading →

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Genetic Engineering Makes the Blacklist

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Warren Woessner

James Spader was quirkily funny as Denny Crane’s partner on “Boston Legal,” but NBC’s “The Blacklist” has him operating totally outside of the law. He plays Raymond Reddington, an enigmatic figure who reveals to a black-ops FBI agent the evil … Continue reading →

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25 Critical Patent Enforcement Developments

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Warren Woessner

News from Chisum Patent Academy 25 Critical Patent Enforcement Developments The Academy is pleased to announce the April 2015 publication of the annual Update for Volume II (Patent Enforcement) of the practitioner treatise, Mueller on Patent Law, authored by our … Continue reading →

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USPTO Myriad-Mayo Guidance Still Not At An Alpha Standard

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Warren Woessner

This is a guest post from Paul Cole. As readers will be aware, the USPTO published revised Guidance on Section 101 eligibility in December 2014 together with Nature-Based Examples and Abstract ideas examples. These materials and the case-law on which … Continue reading →

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