CRISPR in Europe: priority becomes just that at the EPO

On April 19, 2017 a preliminary (and non-binding) opinion was issued on the first of the oppositions to the Broad Institute’s granted European patents on CRISPR/Cas9 (European patent number EP 2 771 469).

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