Kontexten oklar! Jag utgår från att det är en text som handlar som patentsökning av genetiskt manipulerade mikroorganismer.

Den art man söker patenträtt på.

Citat: Where the claim under rejection recites a species and the reference discloses the claimed species, the rejection can be overcome under 37 CFR 1.131 <../37cfr/1_131.html> directly by showing prior completion of the claimed species or indirectly by a showing of prior completion of a different species coupled with a showing that the claimed species would have been an obvious modification of the species completed by applicant.