Bio-Technology General Corp. v. Genentech, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
267 F.3d 1325 · 2001
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
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Most-quoted passages
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“consisting of a single strand of DNA containing 192 codons: the codon for methionine plus the 191 codons for naturally occurring hGH. 6 This strand of DNA was subjected to recombinant techniques using the bacterium E. coli, whereby the bacterial cell reproduces the semi-synthetic gene which in turn produces, by the mechanisms of”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“produced the 6.2% mature hGH reported by BTG. Nobel laureate Sidney Altman of Yale University also testified on behalf of Genentech. Professor Altman agreed with Dr. Hughes and Professor Manley, and stated that at the time of filing of the '980 patent one of skill in this field would be able to”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the hGH obtained using the process of United States Patent No. 4,342,832 [having the same specification as the '980 patent] contains at least a substantial amount of hGH to which the amino acid methionine not found in native hGH is appended at the terminal end of the protein.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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