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Just 7 patents affect 145 conventionally bred plant varieties

Cover English Recent research conducted by No Patents on Seeds! revealed that the European Patent Office (EPO) granted
about 40 patents claiming conventional breeding between January and November 2025.

December 2025

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Stop Patents on Plants and Animals!

The member organisations of NO PATENTS ON SEEDS! are concerned about the increasing number of patents on plants, seeds and farm animals and their impact on farmers, breeders, innovation and biodiversity.
These patents are an abuse of patent law and put in danger the access to basic resources in agriculture and food production.

Therefore, we call for an urgent re-think of European patent law in biotechnology and plant breeding and for clear regulations that exclude conventional breeding, genetic material, animals, plants and food derived thereof from patentability!