Gene Patenting

There's a million dollar question :-) In layman's term, a patent is granted for the disovery of novel or unobvious thing, a process, or a system. Since "gene" certainly is a thing, under the united states statute for patentability, it falls within the patentable subject matter. In my opinion, genes should not be patented as it had been present all these times. While I agree that a novel or unobvious method directed toward a gene (for example, using) should be patent eligible, I do not think that the gene itself should be patented. There are some greedy people out there who just want to discover it (gene) first without the slightest idea of what it may do, and stop people from using it later on who finds a good use for it. Any how, if you are interested in finding out more about patent process, visit www.e-formationcentral.com

Ofcourse it should be different; genes are the very basis for human life and to claim that anyone has the right to be regarded as the 'owner' of a particular gene, which we all share in our bodies, shows a venal disregard for humanity. If companies want to patent treatments which target specific genes, then that's ok, but not the genes themselves. The principle can be expressed by analogy. you are allowed to protect inventions such as breathing apparatus, but not the oxygen it uses.