DNA Patentability: Shutting the Door to the Utility Requirement

Name
DNA Patentability: Shutting the Door to the Utility Requirement
Cite
34 J. Marshall L. Rev. 973
Year
2001
Bluebook cite
Donald L. Zuhn, Jr., Note, DNA Patentability: Shutting the Door to the Utility Requirement, 34 J. Marshall L. Rev. 973 (2001).
Author
Donald L. Zuhn
URL
34 J. Marshall L. Rev. 973
Item Type
article
Summary
This article goes through the evolution of the utility requirement; beginning with Justice Story's requirements in Lowell v. Davis; followed by Brenner; followed by a per se utility theory provided by Justice Rich in In re Kirk. The article concludes the discussion with the PTO's newly relaxed guidelines and discusses the harms created by those guidelines.

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