Explain what the phrase “act of invention” meant in Justice Thomas’s Supreme Court statement.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/06/13/supreme-court-gene-breast-ovarian-cancer-patent/2382053/

1/ According to Christopher Hansen, the lawyer for the ACLU, Myriad Genetics
A.had created a “new molecule that had never been known to the world.”

B.had invented “nothing.”

C.was intentionally preventing low-income patients from accessing testing.

D.was intentionally releasing inaccurate data to researchers regarding the BRCA2 gene
2/ Explain what the phrase “act of invention” meant in Justice Thomas’s Supreme Court statement.

3/ Although the Supreme Court decision was unanimous, there were dissenting opinions. Summarize some of these opposing points of view.