In December the Supreme Court ruled that seeds are eligible for patents. But the Court’s decision is about more than just plants. If seeds can be patented, so too could business methods, as well as the emerging high technologies of the new century. The Court’s decision in J.E.M. Ag Supply, Inc. v. Pioneer Hi-Bred Intern., Inc. marks the first time that a majority of the current Court has conveyed a broad interpretation of the types of inventions eligible for patents.
The Court based its decision on an interpretation of a federal law, 35 USC �101, which states that “[w]hoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, may obtain a patent.”
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