9. Science vs. Engineering Laws of nature, physical phenomena, “ abstract ideas” nonnaturally occurring manufacture or composition of matter -- a product of human ingenuity ‘having a distinctive name, character [and] use
10. AMP v. Myriad Claims include: “The isolated DNA of claim 1, wherein said DNA has the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1.”
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16. Can we reconcile law and reality? Yes, consider Priestley’s oxygen He invented a means of creating pure oxygen, by heating mercuric acid. He did not invent molecular oxygen. Acc. to Chakrabarthy and Bilski , O2 is a physical phenomenon, not patent-eligible. So give Priestley a process patent, but not on the product