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When Harvard applied for the patent in 1978, it made the agreement to give exclusive licensing rights to Gilbert's company. Arkinson said...
Under the terms of the agreement Biogen said it would pay all the leagan tees lenthing from the effort to gain the patent, he added. Atkinson said that he was not sure of the exact amount, but estimated that this probably ranged into the hundreds of thousands of dollars...
...twisted nature of the patent process contributed to these costs. At about the same time Harvard applied for the patent, researchers at the University of California filed for a similar patent, launching lengthy litigation proceedings in the U.S. patent office...
...University of California, however, withdrew their claim about a year ago, clearing the way for Harvard's patent. The University also won a patent from the European Patent Convention...
About 200 firms have been invited to apply for a license from a patent developed by Mark S. Ptashne, professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Atkinson said...