새튼-황우석 특허분쟁 해설

The Explanation of Patent Arguments between Dr. Hwang and Professor Schatten

After the team of Dr. Hwang had completed the invention of the Embryonic stem cell line and method for preparing the same, he filed the patent application dated December 30, 2003 and filed his thesis to Science magazine simultaneously. Mr. Gerald P. Schatten, who was a professor at Pittsburgh Univ. and an outstanding scholar in biotechnology, encountered the surprising results of Dr. Hwang's study and proposed a joint research to Dr. Hwang. They started together the joint research from February, 2006. After the joint research, Professor Schatten filed the patent application of Dr. Hwang's study without any agreement with Dr. Hwang on April 9, 2004. However, Dr. Hwang already filed the patent application on December 30, 2003 well before a joint research. Professor Schatten's patent application was filed after Dr. Hwang filed it, and moreover Professor Schatten did not have any right to invention.