Chimera Claim Rejected
According to a Washington Post article, a human-animal hybrid is not patentable. Apparently a human hybrid is too close to a human. However, since the famous case of Diamond v. Chakrabarty, patents have been awarded to bacteria, yeast, and even animals. Chakrabarty’s most famous quote on patenting allows “anything under the sun that is made by man.”
Of course, the controversy will certainly continue. See the legal column written by the inventor of the Chimera, The Human Chimera Patent Initiative (starting on page 4 and continuing on page 7). For more information, you may be interested in the Mother Jones article, Gods and Monsters.
UPDATE 2-23-05: Patently-O: Patent Law Blog has a great post that gives more information.
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Posted by Douglas Sorocco, February 14, 2005 at 9:47 am
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