The CRISPR Chronicles — Broad Institute Wins One and Loses One

By Kevin E. Noonan — The interference between the Broad Institute and the University of California/Berkeley has been in the spotlight over the past year (see "PTAB Decides CRISPR Interference — No interference-in-fact"; "PTAB Decides CRISPR Interference in Favor of Broad Institute — Their Reasoning"; "University of California/Berkeley Appeals Adverse CRISPR Decision by PTAB"; and "Berkeley Files Opening Brief in CRISPR Appeal"). But there have been other skirmishes between the parties, each of which has recently been (for now) resolved. The more significant one is the decision on January 17 by the Opposition Division (OD) of the European Patent Office…Original Article