Patenting Life and University-Industry Relations HSCI E137 Mar 2, 2011 Announcement: Debate lists are now posted. Let me know by Fri Mar 4 if you do NOT want your address included on the lists.

Chakrabarty (1980) First patent on a genetically engineered life form, as a result of Diamond v. Chakrabarty What patents are and how they work: –Granted for a limited period (20 years) –Patent does not equal ownership –New, useful, nonobvious; no “prior art”

Biopatenting Bayh-Dole Act (1980) Universities open Technology Licensing Offices (mid 1980s) Patent granted on an animal (1988) Patents granted on genes and DNA sequences (starting early 1990s) PTO denies patent on the “humanzee” (2005)

Some cases of biopatenting Myriad’s gene patents (which were struck down in 2009) The John Moore case The Canavan disease gene case The Hagahai cell line case

Undergraduates Section 1, A-De: David Nicholson Section 1, Di-Z: Linda Thorsen Section 2: A-Ma: Funke Sangodeyi Section 2: Mc-Z: David Nicholson