The human use of humanoid beings: chimeras and patent law.
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Abstract
As biotechnology advances, the day may soon come for the creation of a self-aware, human-nonhuman chimera. The USPTO has ruled on whether a patent may issue on such an organism, but Congress must still legislate a dividing line between human and non-human patentable subject matter.
Medical subject headings
- Genetic Engineering
- Patents as Topic