WARF Stem Cell Patents
In July 2006, PUBPAT filed formal requests with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on behalf of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights to revoke three patents owned by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation that purport to cover stem cells that are looting taxpayer funds and forcing research overseas. In its filings, PUBPAT submitted previously unseen prior art showing that the patents were - in fact - not new and, as such, should be revoked. The USPTO granted each of the requests in September 2006 and rejected all claims of each of the patents on March 30, 2007. In June 2007, PUBPAT submitted comments to the Patent Office supporting the rejections. The proceedings are currently ongoing.
Related Documents
FTCR and PUBPAT Comments On Rejection
- FTCR and PUBPAT’s Comments Filed With USPTO
- Declaration of Dr. Douglas A. Melton in Support of Comments
- Declaration of Dr. Alan O. Trounson in Support of Comments
- Declaration of Dr. Chad Cowan in Support of Comments
- Declaration of Dr. Jeanne F. Loring in Support of Comments
- Patent Office Order Rejecting All Claims of '780 Patent (PDF; 946KB)
- Patent Office Order Rejecting All Claims of '806 Patent (PDF; 1.2MB)
- Patent Office Order Rejecting All Claims of '913 Patent (PDF; 1.0MB)
- Patent Office Order Granting Reexamination of '780 Patent (PDF; 389KB)
- Patent Office Order Granting Reexamination of '806 Patent (PDF; 434KB)
- Patent Office Order Granting Reexamination of '913 Patent (PDF; 4.5MB)
- FTCR and PUBPAT Request for Reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 5,843,780 (PDF; 499KB)
- FTCR and PUBPAT Request for Reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 6,200,806 (PDF; 501KB)
- FTCR and PUBPAT Request for Reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 7,029,913 (PDF; 482KB)
- Declaration of Dr. Jeanne F. Loring, Ph.D. in Support of FTCR and PUBPAT Requests (PDF; 1.6MB)
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- July 18, 2008: CONSUMER GROUPS FILE APPEAL ON CHALLENGE OF HUMAN STEM CELL PATENT HELD BY WARF
- November 5, 2007: CONSUMER ADVOCATES SUPPORT PATENT OFFICE ON STEM CELL PATENT REJECTION
- July 2, 2007: CONSUMER GROUPS FILE COMMENTS SUPPORTING U.S. PATENT OFFICE'S STEM CELL PATENT REJECTION: University of Wisconsin Affiliate Has Narrowed Claims; Four Leading Scientists Agree Work Was “Obvious”
- April 2, 2007: PTO REJECTS HUMAN STEM CELL PATENTS AT BEHEST OF CONSUMER GROUPS: Re-examination Was Initiated by Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights and Public Patent Foundation
- January 23, 2007: WISCONSIN GROUP EASES STEM CELL PATENT RESTRICTIONS AFTER FTCR - PUBPAT LEGAL CHALLENGE
- October 3, 2006: WARF STEM CELL PATENTS TO BE RE-EXAMINED AT REQUEST OF FTCR, PUBPAT: Patent Office Finds "Substantial Question" Regarding Validity of WARF's Claims
- July 18, 2006: GROUPS CHALLENGE STEM CELL PATENTS THAT LOOT TAXPAYER FUNDS AND FORCE RESEARCH OVERSEAS: University of Wisconsin Affiliate Claims Rights to All Embryonic Stem Cells Used for Research