The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued on Friday, December, 19 2008,  a decision rejecting a biotech patent under Section 101 of the US Patent Law in view of the CAFC’s earlier decision in In re Bilski (“the Bilski...

The Registrar of Patents, Designs and Trademarks recently issued a Circular Letter MN64 dated October 6, 2008, which laid down new directives pertaining to examination practice of claims relating to biological sequences, including amino acid and...