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Re:New antiviral treatment made from sugar by jcranmer on Thursday January 30, 2020 @10:18AM (#22191864)
US patent law states that "compositions of matter" (i.e., drug molecules) are patentable.
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Re:New antiviral treatment made from sugar by thaumasiotes on Thursday January 30, 2020 @12:04PM (#22192980)
To be fair, any physical device, like a printing press, is also a "composition of matter".
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