- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reaffirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision favoring the Broad Institute in a CRISPR/Cas9 patent interference involving CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing in human cells.
- The dispute involves claims by the University of California, the University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier against the Broad Institute, MIT, and Harvard.
- The matter was on remand from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit after a May 2025 decision that affirmed in part and vacated in part the PTAB’s prior decision.
- The PTAB’s latest ruling is its third decision finding Broad was first to invent the use of CRISPR/Cas9 for gene editing in eukaryotic cells, including human cells.
- The opposing parties retain the right to appeal the decision to the Federal Circuit.
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