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Biotech firms form patent alliance over interference proceeding against CRISPR patent application

The alliance is composed of firms that have a vested interest in the outcomes of a CRISPR patent interference case currently in front of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The interference proceeding specifically involves patents covering CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technologies. The companies joining the alliance include Ireland-based ERS Genomics and Switzerland’s CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CRSP) along with American biotech firms Caribou Biosciences and Intellia Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NTLA). These companies have all licensed CRIPSR/Cas9 technologies