Please join us for the launch of Bioinked Boundaries: Patenting 3D Bioprinted Tissues, Organs, and Bioinks – A US, European, and Australian Patent Law Perspective by Dr Pratap Devarapalli from The University of Queensland. The launch will be preceded by a panel discussion chaired by Associate Professor Allison Fish, featuring a conversation between Dr Devarapalli and Dr Andrew Clarke, Partner at James & Wells.

About the Book

This book presents a comprehensive and comparative study of the patentability of bioprinting inventions, specifically bioinks and bioprinted tissues, in the US, Europe and Australia. It employs a two-phase analysis to understand, ‘Is the patentable subject matter requirement a hurdle to patenting bioprinting inventions, specifically bioinks and bioprinted tissues?’. The first phase is a doctrinal analysis of the patent laws and jurisprudence in respective jurisdictions, highlighting the similarities and differences in their approaches to the subject matter requirement. The second phase is an empirical analysis of the patent prosecution data from patent applications filed in each jurisdiction with claims directed towards bioprinted tissues and bioinks, revealing how patent examiners apply the patent provisions to accept or object to such patent claims.

Panel

• Allison Fish (Chair), Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
• Pratap Devarapalli, Research Fellow, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
• Andrew Clarke, Partner, James and Wells and Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland

About the Author

Dr Pratap is an intellectual property researcher with expertise in dealing with IP issues in relation to emerging technologies such as synthetic biology, quantum biotechnology, artificial intelligence and climate change. He is a Research Fellow at the TC Beirne School of Law at The University of Queensland. Dr Pratap earned his PhD from the Centre for Law and Genetics at the University of Tasmania, Australia. He holds a Master of Law (LLM) in Intellectual Property from the Queensland University of Technology.

Partner organisations

This event is organised through the IP Biosciences Research Cluster in the TC Beirne School of Law, the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Quantum Biotechnology (QUBIC) at The University of Queensland.