LOLOL 23andMe claims it has a patent on IBD mapping. Let’s see how far their ‘expert witnesses’ can get them.https://twitter.com/carlzimmer/status/995736912282423296 …
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2/The applicants argue that previous IBD literature did not discuss ~*~notifying users~*~. Which is 23andMe's totally novel and non-obvious addition to this process.pic.twitter.com/Y6k6kgmsJ8
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There was an examiner interview before the amendment, which appeared to be addressing issues discussed at the interview; not just the last step did itpic.twitter.com/YUuTUOtM0k
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I thought that most of the changes related to other complaints by the examiner, rather than obviousness.
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Surprising that the single step of notifying the user was not regarded as obvious to someone skilled in the art
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Especially as several companies had been notifying users about Y-STR matches for years before this patent.
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This is why patents are dead
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