Re- PCR not allowed

[H. ROYCHOWDHURY]

On 15 Aug 1996, Brett Beitzel wrote:

> Subject:Re: PCR not allowed                        Date: 8/15/96
> 
> Sorry to burst your bubble, but the PCR patent covers all polymerases,
> themostable and labile.  I got a copy of the patent to see if some of the
> stuff I was working on would be covered by it, and was amazed at how general
> the patent was.  Basically, it covers any amplification of nucleic acids
> using a nucleic acid primer in which the product of one reaction is used as
> template in a subsequent reaction.
> 
> -Brett
> brett_beitzel at msmtp.idde.saci.org
> Cancer Therapy and Research Center
> San Antonio, TX
> 
> 
> 
That is truly amazing!! If what you say is true about the PCR patent (I 
have not read it), then Mother Nature is in violation....

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