Funk Bros. Seed Co. v. Kalo Inoculant Co.

Funk Brothers Seed Co. v. Kalo Inoculant Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 13, 1948
Decided February 16, 1948
Full case nameFunk Brothers Seed Co. v. Kalo Inoculant Co.
Citations333 U.S. 127 (more)
68 S. Ct. 440; 92 L. Ed. 588; 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2842; 76 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 280
Case history
Prior161 F.2d 981 (7th Cir. 1947) (reversed)
Holding
The properties of inhibition or of noninhibition in the bacteria were "the work of nature" and therefore not subject to being patented.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Fred M. Vinson
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas
Frank Murphy · Robert H. Jackson
Wiley B. Rutledge · Harold H. Burton
Case opinions
MajorityDouglas, joined by Vinson, Black, Reed, Frankfurter, Murphy, Rutledge
ConcurrenceFrankfurter
DissentBurton, joined by Jackson
Laws applied
35 U.S.C. § 31

Funk Brothers Seed Co. v. Kalo Inoculant Co., 333 U.S. 127 (1948), is a United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court held that a facially trivial implementation of a natural principle or phenomenon of nature is not eligible for a patent.

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