title: The end of DNA patents in the United States?
abstract: For over 20 years, the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has been granting patents to DNA sequences. But on 13 June 2013, the US Supreme Court decided that genomic DNA sequences are unpatentable because they are products of nature. This article discusses the effect that this will have on DNA patents in the Unites States and in other countries.
authors.affiliation: Dehns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys , London , UK pwebber@dehns.com.
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Webber
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D010330:Patents as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D035521:Supreme Court Decisions; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D004247:DNA