... it's hard to uphold the argument when someone moves away from the deliberate confusion to clear examples.

You state:

what Myriad has claimed is a particular chemical in isolation

Chemicals being the life blood

It may very well be part of the greater whole and may - or may not - occur naturally in nature in segregation. That doesn't alter the reality that it is still natural.

The cell once-upon-a-time wasn't known. It was theorized and the creation of the microscope helped prove the theory. The microscope was patentable subject matter.

Not the Cell!

And just because someone is greedy enough to want to argue that the complex cell can not exist in nature alone - does't alter the reality it shouldn't be patentable subject matter to begin with!

All my humble opinion of course. We'll just have to wait to see where the Supremes weigh in to see which of us is more closely aligned.

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