China IP office upholds CRISPR/Cas9 patent owned by Dublin biotech firm

ERS Genomics, founded by CRISPR co-inventor Emmanuelle Charpentier, celebrates as China rejects invalidity challenges | News follows on heels of a similar Japan Patent Office decision.

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