Comments on: European Court Rules Against Embryonic Stem Cell Patents http://blog.pharmtech.com/2011/10/20/european-court-rules-against-embryonic-stem-cell-patents/ The blog of Pharmaceutical Technology magazine Thu, 09 May 2013 23:30:55 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: roke http://blog.pharmtech.com/2011/10/20/european-court-rules-against-embryonic-stem-cell-patents/comment-page-1/#comment-41326 roke Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:48:31 +0000 http://blog.pharmtech.com/2011/10/20/european-court-rules-against-embryonic-stem-cell-patents/#comment-41326 "or must adopt ways of obtaining embryonic stem cells without destroying embryos" This would not work with the new rule, the court said "or their prior use as base material" as patentability exclusion. That means that even without embryo destruction if you use it as base material you can not patent nothing based in that base material. Obtaining embrionic stem cells without destroying embryos is simply not enough, you can not use as base material anything since the ovum is fertilized. Kind regards “or must adopt ways of obtaining embryonic stem cells without destroying embryos”

This would not work with the new rule, the court said
“or their prior use as base material” as patentability exclusion.

That means that even without embryo destruction if you use it as base material you can not patent nothing based in that base material.

Obtaining embrionic stem cells without destroying embryos is simply not enough, you can not use as base material anything since the ovum is fertilized.

Kind regards

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