Introduction to animal sciences patents

November 13, 2008
Intellectual Property News and Interesting Facts

Animal sciences patents differ slightly from plant sciences patents in that you cannot get the same Breeder’s Rights for breeding a new a variety of for instance, a dog through traditional breeding methods. Many countries in the world still don’t allow for patenting of a genetic modification of an animal to obtain a new breed or animal under animal science patents. Offices governing animal sciences patents around the world where such a genetic modification will be patentable are that of the US, UK and Europe. The pre-condition for animal sciences patents is for one that it must be a microbiological process. As there is still much controversy about the subject, the laws still need to be defined exactly to ensure adequate protection of rights.