Myriad-Genetics
Genetics Patents in the News
This month our Ohio patent attorneys have updated the Interesting Patents page with a few patents that have been making news recently. Two patents owned by Myriad Genetics, Inc. are directed to identifying and isolating the genes Linked Breast and Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility Gene and BRCA2 Mutations and Uses Thereof, which can be linked to predisposition to breast and ovarian cancer. The corporation Monsanto also owns patents that have been making news. One example is their patent for Glyphosate Tolerant Plants, which are genetically modified to be tolerant of another one of their products, the herbicide Roundup®.