Supreme Court rules human genes may not be patented

Re:Supreme Court rules human genes may not be patented by fortepianissimo on Thursday June 13, 2013 @11:47AM (#5874658)

What about non-human genes?

And if I make an exact replica of a gene, would it be considered "synthesized?"

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Re:Supreme Court rules human genes may not be patented by RabbitAngstrom on Thursday June 13, 2013 @12:15PM (#5874827)

Not a patent lawyer, but I would think that

1)the ruling focuses in on retrieval of how DNA is naturally stored, which is more or less the same in all organisms

2)you can replicate just about any gene, either chemically or via PCR. The form is definitely "snythesis," and I would assume the latter is as well but I do not know the law offhand.

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Re:Supreme Court rules human genes may not be patented by daughart on Thursday June 13, 2013 @02:09PM (#5875578)

Seems like the key element is modification (such as removal of exons). The court specifically referred to patenting modified bacteria.

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