You can’t patent things that aren’t a process or a product, so no you can’t patent genes.
Patents take quite a bit of effort to write up if you really want to protect your intellectual property, and their scope is pretty narrow. The patent holder can also license with interested parties if they want.
So many details, how trivial is a patent?
how long?
can you patent discoveries like genes?
You can’t patent things that aren’t a process or a product, so no you can’t patent genes.
Patents take quite a bit of effort to write up if you really want to protect your intellectual property, and their scope is pretty narrow. The patent holder can also license with interested parties if they want.