DNA is a molecule that contains the "blueprint" for every living thing. Every person's DNA is unique, making research on human DNA a never ending, widely variable business.

Thanks to the U.S. Patent office, your DNA can be patented, protecting your blueprint and putting your DNA on file for scientific purposes.

The Patent Office has three main points which will decide the merit of your DNA patent. These are all entirely legal and true, and can be researched more on our related resources page.

As stated above, the U.S. Patent Office will allow the patenting of DNA (in specific cases) based on the premises that

• The invention must be new. (DNA sequences qualify as patentable items because the sequences have never before been discovered)
• The invention can't be obvious (Even though DNA is found in the body, it isn't obvious), and
• The invention must be useful (DNA sequences are potentially useful in finding solutions to disease, using advances in medicine and stem cell research)

There are companies, such as New Line Genetics, that will pay top dollar for the right to use people's DNA in their laboratories.

You can even patent a friend's DNA once it leaves their body (after that, they don't own it)! Not only is it legal; it will make you money, and you can aid in the progress of organ farming, stem cell research and cybernetics!