But this only applies to the sequence in which the bases are arranged. Subsequent discoveries concerning newly located genes and their connection with particular diseases become the intellectual property of the relevant researchers, who can apply to patent those discoveries.
不過公開的只是鹼基排列方式，後續發現的基因以及基因和疾病的關係等等研究，則屬於私有財，是研究者的智慧財產，可以申請專利。