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Join NIH’s Steven Ferguson and Michael Salgaller for a free webinar discussing NIH’s mission to facilitate economic development beyond grant funding on April 29, 2026 at 9:30am EST. They will be discussing NIH as a premier technology transfer partner, how the process at the NIH works, and answering

In Merck KGaA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd., 125 S. Ct. 2372 (Jun. 13, 2005), the Supreme Court considered the scope of the exemption from patent infringement embodied in 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(1). Under §271(e)(1), also referred to as the safe harbor provision, "[i]t shall not be an act of