The European Patent Office (EPO) has issued a new CRISPR/Cas9 patent to inventor Emmanuelle Charpentier, one of the key figures in the CRISPR landscape.
Today, April 3, ERS Genomics, the company providing access to CRISPR/Cas9 IP owned by Charpentier, announced she had been granted European patent number 3,401,400.
The patent claims methods and compositions of using CRISPR/Cas9 to modify DNA and regulate gene activity in eukaryotic cells, including kits to carry out such work.
Eric Rhodes, CEO of ERS Genomics said welcomed the addition of the patent to its portfolio.
“The most common use for CRISPR/Cas9 is in eukaryotic cells, including human and animal cells,” Rhodes said.
“We are pleased to have another comprehensive patent covering methods, compositions and kits for such uses which adds to our portfolio of patents which have issued in over 40 countries worldwide,” he said.
The news comes shortly after the US Patent and Trademark Office issued a third CRISPR patent to Charpentier in March.
Filed in November 2015, the patent specifically includes uses of single guide RNA formats of the CRISPR/Cas9 technology ‘in a cell’. In a cell specifically includes any cell type, including animal, plant and human cells.
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