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BIO Files Amicus Brief in Bilski

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Kevin E. Noonan -- The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court last week in Bilski v. Doll, the appeal from the Federal Circuit's en banc decision establishing the "machine or transformation" test as the exclusive test for patent eligibility of process claims. BIO was joined on the brief by the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed, a medical device industry group), the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) and the Regents of the University of California. The brief bases its legal argument on the assertion that the Bilski "machine or transformation" test is "inconsistent with...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on August 14, 2009 (boomark / email).