A Lot of Excitement About the CRISPR Interference, or Rather Lack Thereof

In a nutshell, the Broad Institute’s patents (including US Patent No. 8,697,359) do not interfere with the University of California’s Patent Application (Serial Number 13/842,859).

Below are a quick selection of links for us to read more about it:

Patent Docs

http://www.patentdocs.org/2017/02/ptab-decides-crispr-interference-in-favor-of-broad-institute-their-reasoning.html
http://www.patentdocs.org/2017/02/ptab-decides-crispr-interference-no-interference-in-fact.html

IP Watchdog

https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2017/02/16/crispr-patent-interference-ended-uspto/id=78455/

The National Law Review

http://www.natlawreview.com/article/broad-institutemitharvard-crispr-patents-survive-pto-interference