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U.S. Patent Office admits error, rejects patent claim on sacred "ayahuasca" plant.


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Abstract

Indigenous peoples from nine South American countries won a precedentsetting victory yesterday, as the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) rejected the patent issued to a U.S. citizen for the "ayahuasca" vine.