The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the licensing arm of the University of Wisconsin, has vowed to appeal the preliminary rejection of three of its key stem cell patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, even if the appeal process drags out in the courts for years.
This appeal should prevail, not for the sake of Wisconsin’s biotech industry and UW’s pioneering stem cell research efforts but on the abundant facts. This should occur soon to spare everyone involved the time, energy and expense of a protracted legal battle.