> it should not be possible to patent life forms If you count plant patents as patents, then almost all commercially used asexually propagated plant cultivars

> it should not be possible to patent life forms If you count plant patents as patents, then almost all commercially used asexually propagated plant cultivars are patented. https://www.uspto.gov/patents/basics/apply/plant-patent https://www.uspto.gov/patents/basics/apply/plant-patent