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Sherlock at Apex of CRISPR-based Diagnostics after USPTO Grants Earliest Priority Patent

Preeminent IP position gives Sherlock freedom to operate and commercialize across multiple CRISPR business avenues.

- Feb. 22, 2023

Watertown, Mass., Feb. 21, 2023

Sherlock Biosciences, a company engineering biology to bring next-generation lab-quality diagnostic testing to the point of need, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a patent for the diagnostic use of the Cas12 enzyme, establishing Sherlock as the leader in CRISPR-based diagnostics with freedom to operate in the U.S. Sherlock has exclusive U.S. rights to the patent from Shanghai-based Tolo Biotech, plus additional intellectual property (IP) for Cas12 and Cas13 from the Broad Institute, giving the company the preeminent IP position in the space.

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