The Supreme Court's decision states:

".. (the respondent's invented) microorganism plainly qualifies as patentable subject matter. His claim is not to a hitherto unknown natural phenomenon, but to a non-naturally occurring manufacture or composition of matter-a product of human ingenuity "having a distinctive name, character (and) use ... . "Here ... , the patentee has produced a new bacterium with markedly different characteristics from any found in nature and one having the potential for significant utility. His discovery is not nature's handiwork, but his own; accordingly it is patentable subject matter under Section .... of U.S.C. ..."

In your view, has the development of artificial life forms been encouraged by the Supreme Court's decision? Do you agree with the Supreme Court's decision? Justify your answers.