Harvard University ) is poised to receive patent approval for gene-editing technology CRISPR after the US Patent and Trademark Office filed a notice of allowance, which typically indicates the issue of a patent within 8 February . CRISPR works as molecular scissors that can trim away unwanted pieces of genetic material and replace them with new ones. Once granted the patent will put the US Patent and Trademark Office Berkeley in competition with the Broad Institute , which also holds UC patents and is affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and CRISPR . The UC patent relates to how CRISPR could edit genomes in DNA plasmids. If granted, UC's patent could still be challenged in court.
Harvard University ) is poised to receive patent approval for gene-editing technology CRISPR after the US Patent and Trademark Office filed a notice of allowance, which typically indicates the issue of a patent within 8 February . Once granted the patent will put the US Patent and Trademark Office Berkeley in competition with the Broad Institute , which also holds UC patents and is affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and CRISPR . The UC patent relates to how CRISPR could edit genomes in DNA plasmids. If granted, UC's patent could still be challenged in court.