A corporation in the business of developing genetically engineered pharmaceutical products has developed a new genetically engineered microorganism that it would like to protect. The corporation may patent the microorganism.

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The U.S. Supreme Court case Diamond v. Chakrabarty (1980) established that genetically engineered microorganisms can be patented if they meet the criteria of being novel, non-obvious, and useful.

A Corporation in the Business of Developing Genetically Engineered Pharmaceutical