1. Diamond v. Chakrabarty, No. 79-136 , SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, March 17, 1980, Argued , June 16, 1980, Decided
OVERVIEW: A microbiologist's invention of a living, genetically engineered bacterium was embraced by the language of the patent statute and thus qualified as patentable subject matter.
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