Are Claims of Isolated DNA Eligible Subject Matter under Section 101 of the Patent Act or Is It Simply A Cloak to Patent A Human Gene?

The American College of Legal Medicine 1st Place Orr Award Winning Post-Doctoral Student Writing Competition, January 2013.  Copyright 2013, Ellia Ciammaichella. All Rights Reserved. Fair use only please. I. Introduction Since most genetic disorders are due to a mutation in one or more human protein-coding genes, the study of the sequence of both mutated and …

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