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Why is the American Eskimo Dog PRA test restricted by patent and license rights?

April 26, 2017American dog eskimo license patent PRA Rights Test

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Why is the American Eskimo Dog PRA test restricted by patent and license rights?

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Universities routinely review research discoveries made by their faculty and staff for commercial value. When appropriate, the discovery is patented and use of the patent is licensed for business purposes. Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. owns the patent for all DNA-based genetic tests for prcd-PRA. (1998 – prcd-PRA US Patent No. 5,804,388; prcd-PRA Canadian Patent No. CA2306194; prcd-PRA U.K. Patent No. 2 341 926) Since 1998, OptiGen, LLC, has had an exclusive license arrangement with Cornell Research Foundation to commercialize the test.