Oral arguments held on case involving nine patents held by biotech firm . An initial test catches most problems , but the company also offers a second , separate test , called BART , to detect the rest , a diagnostic that can cost several thousand dollars . Myriad Genetics isolated two types of material linked to hereditary risk for two cancers . Conventional patents are held as the exclusive intellectual property of the inventor . The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a group of women who challenged those patents, saying they were too broad and vague.
Oral arguments held on case involving nine patents held by biotech firm . Myriad Genetics isolated two types of material linked to hereditary risk for two cancers . Conventional patents are held as the exclusive intellectual property of the inventor . The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a group of women who challenged those patents, saying they were too broad and vague.