Myles W. Jackson
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- September 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780262028660
- eISBN:
- 9780262327190
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262028660.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
This chapter explores how the CCR5 gene was patented by several companies both in the United States and in Europe. It discusses how one of the patent holders patented the incorrect sequence and did ...
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This chapter explores how the CCR5 gene was patented by several companies both in the United States and in Europe. It discusses how one of the patent holders patented the incorrect sequence and did not know the precise function of the gene’s product. The patenting of the gene illustrates how lenient the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) was in granting gene patents back in the 1990s with a view to encourage growth in the biotechnology sector. It also discusses the views of numerous biomedical researchers on the patenting of the gene by sequencing companies.Less
This chapter explores how the CCR5 gene was patented by several companies both in the United States and in Europe. It discusses how one of the patent holders patented the incorrect sequence and did not know the precise function of the gene’s product. The patenting of the gene illustrates how lenient the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) was in granting gene patents back in the 1990s with a view to encourage growth in the biotechnology sector. It also discusses the views of numerous biomedical researchers on the patenting of the gene by sequencing companies.
