Separate Interferences Declared between Toolgen and Broad and CVC over CRISPR Priority Question

By Kevin E. Noonan — One of the most notable movie taglines, “Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water,” was used to market the sequel to the original summer blockbuster movie, Jaws. It is perhaps impossible to not think of that message upon learning that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on December 20, 2020 declared two interferences: the first, Interference No. 106,126 involving the Broad Institute, Inc., the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the President and Fellows of Harvard College, and the second, Interference No. 106,127,…