1 Biotechnological Inventions: The Moral Debate 1
2 Development of a European and UK Moral Regime 19
3 Development of Patent Law in the United States 41
4 Application of Article 53 European Patent Convention 53
5 Patent Law Criteria and Biotechnological Inventions 81
6 Protection Conferred in the United States 115
7 Protection Conferred under the Biotechnology Directive 1998 131
8 Plant Variety Protection: UPOV, Community, Directive 155
9 Recent EU Initiatives: Likely Impact on Moral Concerns 185
Bibliography 197
Index 213