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Quotation from Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. by Supreme Court of the United States
“For the reasons that follow, we hold that a naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature and not patent eligible merely because it has been isolated, but that cDNA is patent eligible because it is not naturally occurring.”
Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., Opinion of the Court (Justice Thomas), introduction (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute))
Justice Thomas announces both halves of the holding at the outset of his opinion for a unanimous Court.
Citation: "For the reasons that follow, we hold that a naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature and not patent eligible merely because it has been isolated, but that cDNA is patent eligible because it is not naturally occurring." — Supreme Court of the United States, Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., Opinion of the Court (Justice Thomas), introduction (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute)). (id association-for-molecular-pathology-v-myriad-genetics-q1)
Portrait: Clarence Thomas official SCOTUS portrait, Steve Petteway, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, Public domain.
