U.S. Patent Office Grants Second Charpentier/Doudna Patent Covering CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing

“This is the second U.S. patent to issue from the seminal discoveries of Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna and their research teams,” commented Eric Rhodes, CEO of ERS Genomics. “This patent was not involved in the recently terminated interference with the Broad Institute. We expect many more additional patents to issue, including from the previously allowable application that was involved in the terminated interference. But importantly, as with the first U.S. patent to issue, these claims are very broad and applicable to use in human, animal, and plant cells and now also include bacteria.”

The CRISPR/Cas9 patents have been filed broadly throughout the world and have already been granted in over 45 countries, including throughout the EU, US, Japan, China, and elsewhere.

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ERS Genomics was formed to provide broad access to the foundational CRISPR-Cas9 intellectual property held by Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier. Non-exclusive licenses are available for research and sale of products and services across multiple fields including: research tools, kits, reagents; discovery of novel targets for therapeutic intervention; cell lines for discovery and screening of novel drug candidates; GMP production of healthcare products; livestock; production of industrial materials such as enzymes, biofuels and chemicals; and synthetic biology. For additional information please visit www.ersgenomics.com.

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