Stem Cell Research
Court Determines that University of Pittsburgh and Artecel Have Sole Rights to Adipose-Derived Stem Cell Patent
Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, July 4th, 2008
Artecel, Inc., announced that the patent inventorship litigation concerning the foundational, composition-of-matter patent covering stem cells isolated from adipose (fat) tissue has been decided in favor of Artecel's licensor, the University of Pittsburgh ('Pittsburgh') and against Cytori Therapeutics' licensor, the University of California ('UC'). Such stem cells are one of the most promising kinds of adult stem cells, easily obtained from patients and able to develop into many different tissue types. The Court determined that only the two scientists at Pittsburgh, Dr. Adam Katz and Dr. Ramon Llull, were inventors, and that Dr. Marc Hedrick and other UC scientists were not inventors. As a...
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