You Don't "Own" Your Own Genes: loss of individual "genomic liberty"

Well I have had my genes for quite some years and my parents had them before then - oh and they got them from my grandparents.<p>Just how long does it take before a patent expires? Or is this prior art?

Original paper: <a href="http://genomemedicine.com/content/5/3/27" rel="nofollow">http://genomemedicine.com/content/5/3/27</a>