Consumer Advocates Support Patent Office on Stem Cell Patent Rejection

U.S. Newswire, November, 2007

To: NATIONAL EDITORS

Contact: John M. Simpson of FTCR, 1-310-392-0522 ext. 317 (office), 1-310-292-1902 (mobile), Dan Ravicher of the Public Patent Foundation, 1-212-796-0571

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amended stem cell patent claims submitted by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation dont overcome the U.S. Patent Office Examiners rejections and the claims remain unpatentable, two consumer groups said today.

In formal comments filed Friday the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) and the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) asked that the rejections first issued on March 30 by the U.S. PTO be made final.

Stem cell science would be best served if WARF simply withdrew their overreaching claims, said John M. Simpson,...

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