Perspective
May 4, 2016
3-D printed organs: patent eligible?
While there is little debate that 3-D bio-printers and methods of bio-printing organs are patent eligible under 35 U.S.C. Section 101, 3-D printed organs present a unique challenge. By Brian Hopkins and Dhruv Sud
Researchers have been toiling away for decades in an effort to move therapy from the two-dimensional cell culture to the three-dimensional construct realm. As with most innovation, the U.S. patent system has rewarded them for such efforts without much controversy, whether it was artificial livers, engineered articular cartilage, or a microfluidic organ-on-a-chip. Despite this significant progress, the impending arr...
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