Tom:
These people are associated with SCS?
Message 12962747
Thursday February 24, 9:15 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Stem Cell Sciences
SCS Comments Relating to EPO Grant of 'Stem Cell
Selection' Patent
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Stem Cell Sciences (SCS)
has responded to concerns raised by several press reports and comments by the EPO relating to the recent EPO
granting of a
patent owned by the University of Edinburgh and licensed exclusively to SCS.
The patent, entitled ''Isolation, selection and propagation of animal transgenic stem cells'' (No. 0695351),
principally relates to
methods for purifying specific types of genetically engineered stem cells from mixtures of cultured cells.
Peter Mountford, Chief Scientific Officer of SCS, said, ''The techniques described in this patent represent a
significant advance
in the culture of stem cells, making available populations...... (snip)
Message 13029938
PROPAGATION OF ANIMAL TRANSGENIC STEM CELLS
Country:
EP European Patent Office (EPO)
Kind:
B1 Patent
Inventor(s):
SMITH, Austin, Gerard AFRC Centre Genome Research
MOUNTFORD, Peter, Scott Stem Cell Sciences
Applicant(s):
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
Issued/Filed Dates:
Dec. 8, 1999 / April 21, 1994 (snip)
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