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In Reply to: RE: Can we have a GMO discussion? posted by dancingseamonkey on November 17, 2014 at 08:56:46:
You can't, but you can patent a modification to nature's creations if you can prove the modification is novel, non-obvious and has utility.
I'm not arguing with your overall objection to the impact on farmers, but it's the genetic modification, I believe, that is patented, not the natural genome of the food substance.
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- "How can you paten one of natures creations?" - JoshT 09:59:43 11/17/14 (1)
- I see, thank you. nt - dancingseamonkey 12:03:18 11/18/14 (0)