‘This is a big problem’: The CRISPR controversy and the ‘mess’ at the heart of the EPO’s appeals boards
A request by CRISPR scientists to withdraw their patents over allegations of mishandling by the EPO’s Boards of Appeals has thrust a ‘fundamentally unfair, uncertain system’ into sharp focus, finds Sarah Speight.
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