The Association for Molecular Pathology, et al., Petitioners
Christopher A. Hansen, Counsel of Record
In 2009, the Association for Molecular Pathology, the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, the American Society for Clinical Pathology, the College of American Pathologists, Breast Cancer Action, Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, six geneticists, two genetic counselors, and six women who had been identified as being genetically predisposed to breast or ovarian cancer filed suit against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), Myriad Genetics, and the directors of the University of Utah Research Foundation. They contended that the PTO had unlawfully granted Myriad a patent for successfully isolating a part of the human genetic code, BRAC1 and…
