"Your honor, that genetic evidence introduced that placed me at the scene of the murder was illegally analyzed in violation of patent #6,274,283, 'Jeremy Bowers'." OK, it wouldn't fly in a criminal trial, but there are other situations it probably would, like if your insurance company tries to deny you after analyzing your genes? Might be worth the price of the patent application to possibly have something to beat over the heads of an insurance company someday... ("Fine, you won't cover me? I'm suing for patent violation relief.")