{"title":"The CRISPR Cas patent files, part 3: Prime Editing and integrase-based variants","authors":"Ulrich Storz","doi":"10.1016/j.jbiotec.2025.07.006","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The epic patent disputes regarding CRISPR Cas9 and, to a lesser extent, CRISPR Cas12a, have somehow overcast a new patent debate that is materializing at the horizon, namely the one that relates to Prime Editing and its integrase-based siblings. While these techniques offer great promise for the precise integration of large DNA stretches into a host genome, it appears that a new chain of dependencies is about to unfold that makes the establishment of Freedom to Operate complicated for interested parties. (Arnold, 2024).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biotechnology","volume":"406 ","pages":"Pages 147-153"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of biotechnology","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168165625001695","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The epic patent disputes regarding CRISPR Cas9 and, to a lesser extent, CRISPR Cas12a, have somehow overcast a new patent debate that is materializing at the horizon, namely the one that relates to Prime Editing and its integrase-based siblings. While these techniques offer great promise for the precise integration of large DNA stretches into a host genome, it appears that a new chain of dependencies is about to unfold that makes the establishment of Freedom to Operate complicated for interested parties. (Arnold, 2024).
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Biotechnology has an open access mirror journal, the Journal of Biotechnology: X, sharing the same aims and scope, editorial team, submission system and rigorous peer review.
The Journal provides a medium for the rapid publication of both full-length articles and short communications on novel and innovative aspects of biotechnology. The Journal will accept papers ranging from genetic or molecular biological positions to those covering biochemical, chemical or bioprocess engineering aspects as well as computer application of new software concepts, provided that in each case the material is directly relevant to biotechnological systems. Papers presenting information of a multidisciplinary nature that would not be suitable for publication in a journal devoted to a single discipline, are particularly welcome.