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The Supreme Court ruled that man-made microorganisms may be patented as they are non-naturally occurring compositions of matter. The Court relied on statutes defining patentable subject matter broadly and found that genetically engineered microorganisms, while alive, were not natural products and were the product of human ingenuity. While recognizing the controversy around recombinant DNA technology, the Court held it was up to Congress, not the courts, to balance policy concerns and that under current law
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- Eugene Labella
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