University of California loses breakthrough CRISPR patent in PTO ruling For more information please click here to contact Tuan Nguyen By Bizjournals.com Feed (2019-07-12 16:19:27) | February 28, 2022 The decision — centering on the gene-editing technology CRISPR and its initial cutting protein, called Cas9 — shifts the invention of the system to two other institutions. Posted in Sacramento Business Journal