Many believe current IPR law is best for the public interest and expanding the scope of eligibility would impede growth

Numerous commenters expressed the view that the current jurisprudence is beneficial to innovation and technological development.177 A civil liberties organization, for example, stated that the exclusions from patentability recognized under current law “play a crucial role in fostering technological invention that benefits the public i nt erest.” 178 Similarly, a nonprofit organization that supports collaborative knowledge projects added, “[E]xpanding patent-eligibility to include the basic tools of technological work would impede innovation more than it would promote it,” and cited as an example the free access to certain genomic information researchers have enjoyed in the fight against COVID-19.179 One investor further asserted that allowing patents to be obtained and enforced on “basic ideas,” particularly by nonpracticing entities (NPEs),180 causes otherwise productive businesses to spend limited money defending against infringement suits rather than on innovation and business growth.181