Intellectual Property » Patent Eligibility Of 3D Printed Organs Will Soon Be An Issue

Patent Eligibility Of 3D Printed Organs Will Soon Be An Issue

July 17, 2014

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Both the process of creating a bioprinted organ or tissue and the composition of such organs and tissues may form the basis for future patent applications. Should scientists and companies who manufacture organs be able to obtain patents on them even though they already exist in nature? The interplay between these new technologies and patent laws is unclear. Jenner & Block attorneys Craig C. Martin and Sara Tonnies Horton look at an issue that is ripe for examination by the courts.

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