[GraceG]

I do believe in DNA/RNA patents (because it helps foster research and paying for the research privately) however they should have expiration dates on them.

However, they should not become "steamboat willie" in terms of Disney's supposedly 50 year copyright on "Mickey Mouse" that has been extended indefinitely...

The Patent does need to expire with no exceptions.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I do believe in DNA/RNA patents (because it helps foster research and paying for the research privately) however they should have expiration dates on them.

Quite the opposite, actually.

Patenting Life, NYT Op-Ed by Michael Crichton