Biotechnology and the Patenting of Living Organisms

Authors

Matthew McGovern

First Page

221

Abstract

Mr. McGovern discusses the reasoning behind the leap from patentability of non-living things to the living thing~ within the last twenty years. He concludes that neither the Supreme Court or Court of Customs and Patent Appeals has offered a convincing rationale for the inclusion of living things within 35 U.S.C. Section 101.

Recommended Citation

Matthew McGovern, Biotechnology and the Patenting of Living Organisms, Animal L. Rev. 221 (1997).
Available at: https://lawcommons.lclark.edu/alr/vol3/iss1/17