Patent applications covering ‘seeds to meat’and from ‘maize to milk’
Patent on salmon and trout is not just an isolated case
12 June 2019 / The patent granted by the European Patent Office (EPO) covering salmon and trout reared on specific plants (EP1965658) could now become a precedent for many other patent applications. Recent research shows several similar European patent applications are already pending, claiming food products, such as meat and milk, derived from animals fed with selected plants.
