PTO DECISION TO ALLOW GENE FRAGMENT PATENTS IS "APPALLING," U. WASHINGTON's HOOD TELLS AAAS; PTO OFFICIAL SAYS ISSUE IS "OBVIOUSNESS," NOT "UTILITY" OF ESTs
Executive Summary
Broad changes in the patent system may be necessary to cope with advances in medical research, University of Washington researcher Leroy Hood remarked during the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Seattle Feb. 14.