Intellectual Property
Nov. 2, 2013
DNA testing patent declared invalid
Relying upon a slate of recent U.S. Supreme Court cases over the patent eligibility of naturally occurring phenomena, a federal judge invalidated patent claims held by Sequenom in its lawsuit against Ariosa Diagnostics.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Relying upon a slate of recent U.S. Supreme Court cases over the patent eligibility of naturally occurring phenomena, a San Francisco federal judge invalidated patent claims held by Sequenom Inc. in its lawsuit against Ariosa Diagnostics Inc.
In an order issued Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston found that San Diego-based Sequenom's patent outlining methods to extract and test fetal DNA wa...
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