Invention Rights (Patents) Invention Rights (Patents) Gottschalk v. Benson (1972): Does a person who discovers a novel and useful mathematical formula have a right to patent the formula? Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. (2013): Does a person who is the first to isolate a DNA sequence have a right to patent the DNA sequence? Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark International, Inc. (2017): Does the owner of a patent retain any patent rights in the sold product? Return to all the Supreme Court cases.