A Reversal on Sequencing? Proposed Legislation Would Allow Patenting of Naturally Occurring Genes
FDA Law Blog
OCTOBER 24, 2024
When it became possible to isolate the sequence of an individual gene from the genome, the Patent Office began issuing patents for them as compositions of matter. By 2010, about 2000 isolated human genes had been patented in the U.S. animal, viral, bacterial) DNA and RNA sequences. Supporters of AMP v. Cook-Deegan et al.
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