PTAB sides with Broad Institute over University of California on patent priority for use of CRISPR in eukaryotic cells
On Mar. 26, 2026, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO and PTAB,…
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Montana State University announced as site of U.S. Patent and Trademark office
On Dec. 15, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that Montana State University will be home to…
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Biotechnology | CRISPR | Disease | Genomics | Therapeutics
U.S. patent appeal board ruled against University of California in CRISPR interference
On Feb. 28, 2022, the Patent and Trial Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)…
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USPTO announced COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program for small and micro entities
On May 8, 2020, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a new COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Medical Device | Non-Profit Research | Pharmaceutical | Therapeutics
USPTO launched platform to facilitate connections between patent holders and potential licensees in key technologies
On May 4, 2020, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) unveiled a new web-based intellectual property marketplace…
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Agriculture | Artificial Intelligence | Biotechnology | Cloning | CRISPR | Genomics | Medical Device | Medicine | Therapeutics | U.S. Congress | Vaccine
USPTO implemented the first-inventor-to-file provisions of the America Invents Act
On Mar. 16, 2013, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) implemented the first inventor to file (FITF)…
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First patent application granted for CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing in all environments
On May 25, 2012, Drs. Jennifer Doudna, Emanulle Charpentier, Martin Jinek of UC Berkeley and Krzystof Chylinski of…
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Congress enacted the Plant Variety Protection Act
On Dec. 24, 1970, the U.S. Congress enacted the Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA) to extend patent protection…
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Biotechnology | Life Science History | Medical Device | Nanotechnology | Pharmaceutical | Therapeutics
Trademark registration was added to the functions of the The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
In 1881, a trademark registration was added to the functions of the The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office…
