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Patent Policy Harm the Public

... by making things more expensive, if not impossible to afford;

... by preventing scientists from advancing technology;

... by unfairly prejudicing small businesses; and

... by restraining civil liberties and individual freedoms.

PUBPAT Represents the Public's Interests Against
Undeserved Patents and Unsound Patent Policy

December 11, 2009: NPR Hosts Discussion of Breast Cancer Genes Patent Case with PUBPAT Executive Director, Dan Ravicher

November 19, 2009: PUBPAT Files Brief Defending Written Description Requirement

November 2, 2009: Court Upholds Right Of Scientists And Patients To Challenge Gene Patents

August 27, 2009: AMA, March Of Dimes And Others Support PUBPAT/ACLU Challenge To Patents On Breast Cancer Genes

June 11, 2009: Claims in Silvers Photomosaic Patent Rejected By Patent Office after PUBPAT Request

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