Stanford, Licensee Urge High Court To Review Section 101 Patentability Standard

(September 1, 2023, 10:02 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a reply brief supporting their petition for certiorari, the board of trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford) and the licensee of its patents for an organ rejection detection test tell the U.S. Supreme Court that it needs to take a new look at the bar against patents for natural phenomena in Section 101 of the Patent Act and confirm that medical diagnostics methods can be patented....