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BRIEF re: 195 MOTION for Leave to File Brief Amici Curiae. [Proposed] Brief for Amici Curiae. Document filed by Celera Corporation, Genomic Health, Inc., QIAGEN, N.V., BayBio, The Coalition for 21st Century Medicine, Target Discovery, Inc., XDx, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Declaration of William G. Gaede, III, # 2 Exhibit 1, # 3 Exhibit 2, # 4 Exhibit 3, # 5 Exhibit 4, # 6 Exhibit 5, # 7 Exhibit 6, # 8 Exhibit 7, # 9 Exhibit 8, # 10 Exhibit 9, # 11 Exhibit 10, # 12 Exhibit 11, # 13 Exhibit 12, # 14 Exhibit 13, # 15 Exhibit 14, # 16 Exhibit 15, # 17 Exhibit 16, # 18 Exhibit 17, # 19 Exhibit 18, # 20 Exhibit 19, # 21 Exhibit 20, # 22 Exhibit 21)(Huttenlocher, Michael)

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110TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION

H. R. 977

To amend title 35, United States Code, to prohibit the patenting of human genetic material.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 9, 2007 Mr. BECERRA (for himself and Mr. WELDON of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL
To amend title 35, United States Code, to prohibit the patenting of human genetic material. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-

2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 4
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Genomic Research and

5 Accessibility Act''. 6 7 8
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PATENT OF HUMAN GENETIC MATERIAL.

(a) IN GENERAL.--Chapter 10 of title 35, United

9 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing new section:

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2 1 ``§ 106. Prohibition on patent of human genetic mate2 3
rial

``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no pat-

4 ent may be obtained for a nucleotide sequence, or its func5 tions or correlations, or the naturally occurring products 6 it specifies.''. 7 (b) TABLE
OF

CONTENTS.--The table of sections of

8 chapter 10 of title 35, United States Code, is amended 9 by adding at the end the following:
``106. Prohibition on patent of human genetic material.''.

10

(c) APPLICABILITY.--The amendment made by sub-

11 section (a) shall not apply to a patent issued before the 12 date of the enactment of this Act.

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