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First business-method patents, now scientific-method patents
Posted by Ernest Miller on Tuesday, November 26 @ 12:32:44 EST
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petersuber writes "Andras Pellionisz is seeking a patent on a scientific research program (the study of DNA introns to see whether they represent fractal patterns). Quoting Hal Plotkin for the San Francisco Chronicle: "His patent application covers all attempts to count, measure and compare the fractal properties of introns for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes." Patents must describe a non-obvious technique. In this case, the patentability of the research program depends on the fact that most biologists are not familiar with fractal mathematics. (Thanks to RRE.)(PS: We're starting to see the insanity of business-method patents invade science. If these "scientific-method patents" take off, then scientists will not only have to pay royalties to patent-holders in order to investigate nature, but invest up-front money to see whether a certain line of research is free for study.)"
 
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