美国的 DNA 专利即将终结？

The end of DNA patents in the United States?

机构信息

Dehns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys , London , UK

出版信息

Expert Opin Ther Pat. 2013 Dec;23(12):1525-7. doi: 10.1517/13543776.2013.849245. Epub 2013 Oct 19.

DOI:10.1517/13543776.2013.849245

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.

摘要

20 多年来，美国专利商标局（USPTO）一直授予 DNA 序列专利。但在 2013 年 6 月 13 日，美国最高法院裁定基因组 DNA 序列不可授予专利，因为它们是自然产物。本文讨论了这将对美国和其他国家的 DNA 专利产生的影响。