Isolated DNAs: "products of man" - Federal Circuit repeats decision in AMP v. USPTO and Myriad on remand *

USA - August 18 2012
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday decided the case of The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) v. the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and Myriad Genetics, Inc. on remand from the Supreme Court in view of Mayo v. Prometheus, (566 U.S. ___, 132 S.Ct. 1289 (2012)) (Mayo).

Senate passes Leahy-Smith America Invents Act *

USA - September 9 2011
Yesterday, the Senate passed a new patent statute and it is expected to be promptly signed into law.