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2003 Echoing Green Fellow Dan Ravicher and his organization The Public Patent Foundation, along with the American Civil Liberties Union, recently filed suit against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for granting patents on human genes.  They believe that by awarding patents on specific human genes to a single company, the trademark office is hindering the work of other researchers.  

One does not have go much further than learning of a patent called “Method of swinging on a swing” to realize that something is terribly wrong with the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). Luckily, reformers like Echoing Green Fellow, Daniel Ravicher, featured in last week’s Christian Science Monitor, push the PTO to limit granting patents that are undeserving.

We’re proud to announce that 2003 Echoing Green Fellow, Dan Ravicher, was named to a list of top 50 intellectual property people under 45 by IP Law & Business magazine. The list features an impressive array of attorneys and other professionals working on diverse IP issues and cases. Even among this venerated group, Dan stands out. He is not only the youngest member of the list, but also one of the few working at the forefront of patent reform and in the public’s interest to challenge undeserved patents. His profile from the article: