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EPO 2026 Revised Examination Guidelines Take Effect: Antibody Patentability Standard Overhauled, PACE Search Abolished

The European Patent Office (EPO) brought its 2026 consolidated Guidelines for Examination into force on April 1, 2026, s...
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CRISPR Patent War: UC Berkeley vs. Broad Institute and the Battle Over Gene Editing’s Crown

The decade-long CRISPR-Cas9 patent war between UC Berkeley's Jennifer Doudna and Broad Institute's Feng Zhang reshaped biotech IP forever. A deep investigation into the interference proceedings, Nobel Prize, and what it means for medicine.