https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-398_1b7d.pdf
Identify 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 the right of any person or business to own or appropriate?