Oral arguments held on case involving nine patents held by biotech firm . Applied Genetics isolated two samples of material linked to hereditary diseases for two patients . The company says 1 million patients have benefited from its BRAC Analysis technology , and that about 250,000 such tests are performed yearly . Conventional inventions are held as the exclusive intellectual property of the inventor . Question is whether products of nature should be treated similarly under the law .
Oral arguments held on case involving nine patents held by biotech firm . Applied Genetics isolated two samples of material linked to hereditary diseases for two patients . Conventional inventions are held as the exclusive intellectual property of the inventor . Question is whether products of nature should be treated similarly under the law .