September 1, 2006

Purdue Loses Appeal of Patent Case

By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK

In a reversal for Purdue University and a company that is one of its major partners in technology licensing and economic development, a federal appeals court has overturned a patent-infringement verdict that the university won a year ago.

The ruling, issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, deals with patents on techniques for making tissue-graft material derived from urinary bladders of pigs.

Purdue, through its Purdue Research Foundation, licenses a

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