戴蒙德訴查克拉巴蒂案

戴蒙德訴查克拉巴蒂案Diamond v. Chakrabarty),447英語List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 447 U.S. 303 (1980)是美國聯邦最高法院判決的一個案件,裁定轉基因生物可被授予專利[1]

戴蒙德訴查克拉巴蒂案
Diamond v. Chakrabarty
辯論:19803月17日
判決:19806月16日
案件全名Sidney A. Diamond, Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, v. Ananda M. Chakrabarty, et al.
引註案號447 U.S. 303
100 S. Ct. 2204; 65 L. Ed. 2d 144; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 112; 206 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 193
既往案件Application of Bergy, 596 F.2d 952 (C.C.P.A. 1979); cert. granted, 444英語List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 444 U.S. 924 (1979)
法庭判決
Living, man-made micro-organism is patentable subject matter as a "manufacture" or "composition of matter" within the meaning of the Patent Act of 1952. The fact that the organism sought to be patented is alive is no bar to patentability. Decision of the Court of Customs & Patent Appeals affirmed.
法庭意見
多數意見伯格
聯名:Stewart, Blackmun, Rehnquist, Stevens
不同意見布倫南
聯名:White, Marshall, Powell
適用法條
Patent Act of 1952, specifically 35 U.S.C. § 101

參考資料

  1. ^ Diamond v. Chakrabarty, 447英語List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 447 U.S. 303 (1980).   本條目結合了美國政府文件中的公共領域資料

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