Ex parte Allen

Non-naturally occurring living organisms, such as a polyploid Pacific coast oyster produced by human intervention, are patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. 101 if all other criteria for patentability are satisfied.

Written by

A language model, from how the MPEP uses this case rather than from the opinion.

Confidence

high — self-reported, not calibrated against a measured error rate

Human review

Not reviewed by a person

Read the opinion before relying on this in a filing. How these are made · Report an error