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Messenger ribonucleic acid ("mRNA") is a similar molecule that is made or
transcribed from DNA as part of the process of protein synthesis.
Complementary DNA ("ONA") is a complementary copy ("clone") of
mRNA, made in the laboratory by reverse transcription of mRNA. Like
mRNA, cDNA contains only the protein-encoding regions of DNA. Thus,
once a cDNA's nucleotide sequence is known, the amino acid sequence
of the protein for which it codes may be predicted using the genetic code
relationship between codons and amino acids. The reverse is not true,
however, due to the degeneracy of the code. Many other DNAs may code
for a particular protein. The functional relationships between DNA, mRNA,
cDNA, and a protein may conveniently be expressed as follows:
genomic
DNA mRNA protein
CDNA other DNAs
In re Deuel, 51 F.3d 1552, 1554, 34 USPQ2d 1210, 1211 (Fed. Cir. 1995).
Ill. Findings of Fact
1 . Real Parties in Interest
6. Junior Party
Fl. University of Washington ("UW") is the owner of the entire right, title and interest
in the involved U.S. Patent No. 5,302,529 ('"529"). Zymogenetics, Inc. is the exclusive
licensee of the '529 patent. (Paper No. 11, Notice as to Real Parties In Interest, p. 2).
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