Dear all

I think we should react to this factsheet of the EPO.

It avoids to say that random mutations get patented and raises the impression that the beer patent would be based on targeted intervention

It raises the impression that only a small number of patents were granted on conventionally bred plants, leaving aside the number of patents on randomly mutated plants and the high number of varieties concerned.

It raises the impression that all traits that can be transferred to an unlimited number of varieties can be patented (no matter if a technical invention / genetic engineering is used  or not)

It ignores the resolutions of EU Parliament by stating the EPO is in line with EU law.

I am just about to prepare final version of our appeal to the lettuce patent and suggest to use this as a hook for media release also dealing with the statement of the EPO.

all in all, this is a success: They seem to have so many questions from media that they decided to take this step, listing many of our arguments.

have nice holidays!

Christoph

PS: next week there is another battle in Brussels about NGT patents. Testbiotech has some information in its recent backgrounder (point 5): https://www.testbiotech.org/publikation/the-future-regulation-of-ngt-plants-...

Am 16.05.24 um 07:49 schrieb Christoph Then:

just was mentioned in discussion about NGT patents

https://www.epo.org/en/news-events/press-centre/fact-sheet/447625

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