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Diagnostic Test for Down Syndrome Not Patent-Eligible

The National Law Journal

November 27, 2012

A method to assess the risk of fetal Down's syndrome is not patent-eligible subject matter, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled, relying on recent high-profile cases about medical diagnostic patents.

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