Posted on 06/13/2013 7:43:51 AM PDT by Perdogg
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that our natural DNA can't be patented, in what the influential SCOTUSBlog called "a significant patent ruling for the biotechnology industry."
The high court did stike some middle ground by ruling that synthetic DNA can be patented.
"A naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature and not patent eligible merely because it has been isolated, but cDNA [synthetic DNA] is patent eligible because it is not naturally occurring," according to the court ruling written by Justice Clarence Thomas.
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But its still OK to forcibly collect your DNA. The SCOTUS is now as bogus as the Congress. I don’t even bother to read their decisions anymore. They are as out of control as the rest of govt.
No, the police are allowed to keep your DNA, they can add that to their NSA and Obamacare information.
If they’re having to decide this, then you can guarantee someone is already doing this and has for a while. Or maybe it’s only private companies can’t do this but the hussein admin can.
Sure, if you rearrange it to produce something new and useful.
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