Legal uncertainty in the area of genetic diagnostic testing.
A patent landscape analysis of 22 common genetic diagnostic tests shows substantially fewer claims on genes per se than initially suggested but raises questions of legal uncertainty as to the claims' scope.
Huys
Isabelle
I
Centre for Intellectual Property Rights, Faculty of Law, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Berthels
Nele
N
Matthijs
Gert
G
Van Overwalle
Geertrui
G
D005062:European Union; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005820:Genetic Testing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D010330:Patents as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States