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The PTAB Axes Skin Treatment Patent Under Amgen

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The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) recently invalidated a University of Massachusetts (“UMass”) patent related to the treatment of the skin disease vitiligo in a post-grant review. (See Forte Biosciences Inc v....more

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Standards For Inventiveness And Disclosure For Antibody Claims Across Jurisdictions

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Standards for patenting antibodies have substantially tightened over the last few years restricting scope of antibody claims—or, in some cases, undermining the validity of granted patents. Most recently, Singapore updated...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Amgen is Not the End of Chemical Innovation

Some chemical innovators have found the recent Supreme Court decision in Amgen v. Sanofi to suggest that chemical inventions will be subject to new and draconian disclosure standards going forward. A few have even suggested...more

Proskauer - Life Sciences

The Supreme Court Kept the Door Open to Genus Claims

The U.S. Supreme Court on May 18, 2023 delivered its decision on the scope of the patent enablement requirement, set forth in 35 U.S.C. § 112, in the antibody dispute Amgen, Inc. v. Sanofi. While the parties obtained...more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

5 Takeaways from the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Amgen v. Sanofi

The U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi (referred to as the Amgen decision) likely makes it more difficult for life sciences companies to obtain broad patents claiming an entire genus of antibodies...more

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Stepping Stones To Success: Supporting Claims In The Life Sciences

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The standard for written description in the life sciences seems to have tightened lately, leading patent applicants to wonder what level of written support and working example data is necessary to support genus claims....more

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