Madison, Wis.â??The patent dispute between two California organizations and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation isn’t over yet: The groups filed an appeal today to have a key stem-cell patent overturned after its claims were narrowed, but upheld.
Consumer Watchdog, formerly The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, and the Public Patent Foundation claim that WARF’s control of the patent is slowing down stem-cell research. They are attempting to have the patent overturned on the grounds that the creation of human embryonic stem cells was obvious after the work had been done on other species.