Review the requirements for a patent.
Then further discuss: Should a company be allowed to patent a life form?   Does it matter if the life form is a non-sentient organism like a plant?  Is there a place where the law can ethically draw a line between life as property and life as beyond any person or business appropriation? 
In considering these questions read:  Assn for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. (2013), at https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-398_1b7d.pdf

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