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Gene Probes As Unpatentable Printed Matter, Andrew Chin Feb 2011

Gene Probes As Unpatentable Printed Matter, Andrew Chin

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In this Article, I argue that the most problematic kind of gene patents — those claiming short DNA molecules used to probe for longer gene sequences — should be held invalid as directed to unpatentable printed matter. This argument, which emerges from recent developments in biotechnology and information technology, is grounded in the printed matter doctrine’s structural role of obviating patentability inquiries directed to inapposite information-management considerations. Where the inventive contribution in a claimed gene probe subsists solely in stored sequence information, these inapposite considerations lead the novelty and nonobviousness analyses to anomalous results that the printed matter doctrine was …


Artful Prior Art And The Quality Of Dna Patents, Andrew Chin Jan 2006

Artful Prior Art And The Quality Of Dna Patents, Andrew Chin

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Foreword: The Promise And Peril Of Biotechnology, Joan H. Krause Jan 2002

Foreword: The Promise And Peril Of Biotechnology, Joan H. Krause

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.