Consumer Watchdog, PPF Seek Invalidation of WARF's Stem Cell Patent

Jul 03, 2013

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Public interest groups Consumer Watchdog and the Public Patent Foundation said Tuesday that they have asked a federal appeals court to invalidate a patent held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation covering human embryonic stem cells.

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