Trilateral Project 24.1-Biotechnology 153

A nucleic acid molecule is simply a chemical compound, albeit a complex one. Amgen, Inc. v. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., 927 F.2d 1200, 1206, 18 USPQ2d 1016, 1021 (Fed. Cir.) cert denied, 502 U.S. 856 (1991). The change of even a single nucleotide results in an entirely different chemical compound. Because Y' contains a different nucleotide sequence, it would be novel.