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Fred Hempel · February 26, 2015

It is not clear to me whether that is a provisional patent number, or a final number. In the link there is no date of issuing.

What is really unclear to me is how you can patent a loss of function mutation, when you did not discover the mutation. This article, published well before the patent filing date, makes no mention of any of the 3 patent authors.

I really hope this patent application was rejected.

The sft mutant is available from the Tomato Genetics Resource Center at UC Davis.

The mutant is listed as a spontaneous mutant.

February 26, 2015	#3
Fred Hempel Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Sunol, CA Posts: 2,723	It is not clear to me whether that is a provisional patent number, or a final number. In the link there is no date of issuing. What is really unclear to me is how you can patent a loss of function mutation, when you did not discover the mutation. This article, published well before the patent filing date, makes no mention of any of the 3 patent authors. I really hope this patent application was rejected. The sft mutant is available from the Tomato Genetics Resource Center at UC Davis. The mutant is listed as a spontaneous mutant. Last edited by Fred Hempel; February 26, 2015 at 01:48 PM.