Another solo run by the European Patent Office against all laws:

The European Patent Office (EPO) granted a patent in February 2005 for a method used to select the sex of children born through artificial insemination. The patent holder is the US company XY Inc, USA. This is confirmed by a recent investigation by Greenpeace. According to the patent specification with the number EP 1257 168 B, sperm cells are deep-frozen and separated according to sex chromosomes. The patent covers the technical process and the sperm cells themselves. This places humans on a level with methods used in animal breeding.

It's ridiculous what nonsense the officials at the EPO allow themselves to be drawn into and what idiotic carts they are harnessed to. Thinking doesn't seem to be part of their job description, apparently ...