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Patent pools and diagnostic testing.

Birgit Verbeure1, Esther van Zimmeren, Gert Matthijs

  • 1Centre for Intellectual Property Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Leuven, Belgium. birgit.verbeure@law.kuleuven.be

Trends in Biotechnology
|January 31, 2006
PubMed
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Overlapping genetic patents create innovation barriers. Patent pools offer a solution by consolidating intellectual property, as seen in diagnostics and with the SARS genome.

Area of Science:

  • Genetics
  • Intellectual Property Law

Background:

  • Overlapping patents in genetics can lead to patent thickets.
  • These thickets increase costs and legal complexity, potentially hindering innovation.
  • Accumulating royalty payments further disincentivize research and development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the concept of patent pools as a solution to genetic patent thickets.
  • To examine the application and precedents of patent pools in genetics.
  • To detail patent pools within the genetic diagnostics field and provide examples.

Main Methods:

  • Review of the patent pool concept.
  • Analysis of existing patent pool models in other industries.
  • Examination of genetic patent pool precedents, including the SARS genome.

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  • Exploration of patent pools in the diagnostic sector.

    • Main Results:

    • Patent pools are a viable mechanism to mitigate patent thickets.
    • Established precedents exist for patent pools in genetics.
    • The diagnostic field presents opportunities for patent pool implementation.

    Conclusions:

    • Patent pools can prevent costly and complex patent thickets in genetics.
    • Implementing patent pools can foster innovation by reducing royalty burdens.
    • Further examination of existing and novel genetic patent pools is warranted.