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Intellectual Property

Jun. 10, 2010

Stem Cell Patent Challenges Loom

Just as stem cells develop and change into brain or liver cells, patents for related innovations are evolving as well.

By Mandy Jackson

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Just as stem cells develop and change into brain or liver cells, patents for related innovations are evolving as well.

The first step in protecting Oceanside-based International Stem Cell Corp.'s research using human parthenogenetic stem cells was accomplished this week when the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted a patent for its method of deriving stem cells from unfertiliz...

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