Buoyed by Supremes' recent ruling, litigants are going after other genes patents

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Two advocacy groups have launched a suit against the Wisconsin ALumni Research Foundation's patent on stem cells.
http://chronicle.com/article/Groups-Ask-Court-to-Invalidate/140109/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

Here is their complaint:
http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/resources/cwdvswarfbrief.pdf

It poses the following issues for adjudication:

Whether an in vitro culture of human embryonic stem cells is patent eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101.

Whether claims to an in vitro culture of human embryonic stem cells are anticipated or rendered obvious by prior art that discloses methods for deriving and maintaining mammalian embryonic stem cells that one of ordinary skill in the art would have expected would produce human embryonic stem cells if used with human embryos.

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